Topiramate for treating alcohol dependence: A randomized controlled trial

JAMA

Volumn 298, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1641-1651

  Johnson, Bankole A ^a   Rosenthal, Norman ^b   Capece, Julie A ^b   Wiegand, Frank ^b   Mao, Lian ^b   Beyers, Karen ^b   McKay, Amy ^b   Ait Daoud, Nassima ^a   Anton, Raymond F ^c   Ciraulo, Domenic A ^d   Kranzler, Henry R ^e   Mann, Karl ^f   O'Malley, Stephanie S ^g   Swift, Robert M ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical Incorporated   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TOPIRAMATE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FRUCTOSE;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SIDE EFFECT; TASTE DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE; GABA MODULATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 35348855007     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.298.14.1641     Document Type: Article

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