Gabapentin abuse, and delirium tremens upon gabapentin withdrawal [1]

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 483-484

  Pittenger, Christopher ^a   Desan, Paul H ^a  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; GABAPENTIN; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; OXYCODONE; PAROXETINE; QUETIAPINE;

AGITATION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; BACKACHE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CATATONIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DELIRIUM TREMENS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MIGRAINE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICOLOGY; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 33947720795     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/jcp.v68n0320a     Document Type: Letter

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