Open-label pilot study of injectable naltrexone for cannabis dependence

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 619-627

  Notzon, Daniel P ^a,b   Kelly, Meredith A ^a,b   Choi, C Jean ^a   Pavlicova, Martina ^c   Mahony, Amy L ^a   Brooks, Daniel J ^a   Mariani, John J ^a,b   Levin, Frances R ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabis; marijuana; medication; pilot; treatment

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; DRONABINOL; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CANNABIS USE; CHILL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHORESIS; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRY HEAVE; DSM-IV-TR; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE IRRITATION; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; URINE LEVEL; VIVID DREAM; VOMITING; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PILOT PROJECTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85041517069     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: 10979891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00952990.2017.1423321     Document Type: Article

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