Abuse, dependency and withdrawal with gabapentin: A first case report

Pharmacopsychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-44

  Victorri Vigneau, C ^a,b   Guerlais, M ^a   Jolliet, P ^a  

^a NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Service de Pharmacologie Clinique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACEPROMETAZINE; ALIMEMAZINE; AMITRIPTYLINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; MEPROBAMATE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PARACETAMOL;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EXCITATION; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PALLOR; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SWEATING; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; AMINES; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MOOD DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34147118504     PISSN: 01763679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-958522     Document Type: Article

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