Effects of Prereactivation Propranolol on Cocaine Craving Elicited by Imagery Script/Cue Sets in Opioid-dependent Polydrug Users: A Randomized Study

Journal of Addiction Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 491-498

  Jobes, Michelle L ^a   Aharonovich, Efrat ^b   Epstein, David H ^a   Phillips, Karran A ^a   Reamer, David ^a   Anderson, Micheline ^a   Preston, Kenzie L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

cocaine; cue induced craving; imagery scripts; memory reconsolidation; propranolol

Indexed keywords

METHADONE; PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCAINE CRAVING QUESTIONNAIRE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; INTERVIEW; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MOOD; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE ON MENTAL IMAGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SELF REPORT; URINALYSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ASSOCIATION; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRAVING; DRUG EFFECTS; EMOTION; MIDDLE AGED; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRAVING; CUES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; PROPRANOLOL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957702487     PISSN: 19320620     EISSN: 19353227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000169     Document Type: Article

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