Trazodone for sleep disturbance during methadone maintenance: A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 120, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 65-73

  Stein, Michael D ^a,b   Kurth, Megan E ^b   Sharkey, Katherine M ^a   Anderson, Bradley J ^b   Corso, Richard P ^b   Millman, Richard P ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BUTLER HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Methadone; Opiate dependence; Sleep; Trazodone

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; METHADONE; PLACEBO; TRAZODONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BLURRED VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECREASED APPETITE; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT EDEMA; HAND EDEMA; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHADONE TREATMENT; MICTURITION; NAUSEA; OPIATE ADDICTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; THIRST; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; METHADONE; NARCOTICS; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP DISORDERS; TRAZODONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84155167797     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.06.026     Document Type: Article

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