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The use of Naloxone During the Withdrawal Syndrome from Heroin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

D. N. Vlissides ,
F. A. Jenner  and
I. A. Liappas
D. N. Vlissides
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Sheffield and Royal Hallamshire Hospital
F. A. Jenner*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
I. A. Liappas
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Athens and Eginition Hospital, Athens
*
∗University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF
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Abstract

Attempts to repeat in human subjects animal studies in which naloxone stopped withdrawal symptoms after prolonged use of heroin failed. Nevertheless, suggestions for further studies are made, as the subjects' subsequent desire for opiates did seem attenuated.

Type
Brief Reports
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 152 , Issue 4 , April 1988 , pp. 565 - 567
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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