Dependence on supratherapeutic doses of modafinil: A case report

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Kate, Natasha ^a   Grover, Sandeep ^a   Ghormode, Deepak ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMISULPRIDE; BENZODIAZEPINE; MODAFINIL; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BOREDOM; CASE REPORT; CONCENTRATION LOSS; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DSM-IV; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LETHARGY; LETTER; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SEDATION; SELF MEDICATION; SLURRED SPEECH; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 84869452074     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: 1555211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/PCC.11l01333     Document Type: Letter

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