Dependence on the brazilian diet pill: A case report

American Journal on Addictions

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 291-292

  Smith, Benjamin R ^a   Cohen, Pieter A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Cambridge Health Alliance ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIPIPRAZOLE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; FENPROPOREX; FLUOXETINE; IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL;

ABUSE; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; PARANOIA; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PILL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TREMOR; UNEMPLOYMENT; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; AMPHETAMINES; BENZODIAZEPINES; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; SELF MEDICATION; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77951128181     PISSN: 10550496     EISSN: 15210391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2010.00034.x     Document Type: Article

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