A controlled trial of flumazenil and gabapentin for initial treatment of methylamphetamine dependence

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 254-262

  Urschel III, Harold C ^c   Hanselka, Larry L ^a   Baron, Michael ^b  

^a CNS Research Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

craving; flumazenil; GABA receptors; gabapentin; methylamphetamine dependence

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; FLUMAZENIL; GABAPENTIN; HYDROXYZINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG URINE LEVEL; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SMELLING DISORDER; TASTE DISORDER; VIVID DREAM; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINES; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FLUMAZENIL; GABA MODULATORS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 79551673857     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881109349837     Document Type: Article

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