Naltrexone and prazosin combination for posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Qazi, Hamid ^a   Wijegunaratne, Heshan ^a   Savajiyani, Ravi ^a   Koola, Maju Mathew ^b  

^a Xavier University School of Medicine   (Aruba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; LITHIUM; NALTREXONE; PRAZOSIN; QUETIAPINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 84944350826     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: 1555211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/PCC.14l01638     Document Type: Letter

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