Naltrexone: Posttraumatic stress disorder

Hospital Pharmacy

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 441-442

  Generali, Joyce ^a   Cada, Dennis ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c Facts and Comparisons   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMFEBUTAMONE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DISULFIRAM; LAMOTRIGINE; MIRTAZAPINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; MOOD STABILIZER; NALTREXONE; NEFAZODONE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TOPIRAMATE; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANGER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; OPEN STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84861864015     PISSN: 00185787     EISSN: 19451253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/hpj4706-441     Document Type: Article

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