Pilot randomized double blind placebo-controlled study of dexamphetamine for cocaine dependence

Addiction

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1137-1141

  Shearer, James ^a   Wodak, Alex ^b   Van Beek, Ingrid ^c   Mattick, Richard P ^a   Lewis, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Pacific Laboratory Medicine Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cocaine dependence; Dexamphetamine; Randomized controlled trial; Treatment

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DRUG METABOLITE; METHADONE; METHYLPHENIDATE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INSOMNIA; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; URINE LEVEL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT PROJECTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041703183     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00447.x     Document Type: Article

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