Treatment of Cocaine Abuse with Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors
- 1 December 1993
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 163 (6) , 815-816
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.163.6.815
Abstract
A cocaine-abusing patient was treated with phenelzine and tranylcypromine, under supervision, as deterrent drugs; other medical and psychological treatments had fated. When he eventually risked using cocaine there was no hypertensive reaction. Nevertheless, the deterrent effect seemed helpful in breaking his pattern of cocaine use, as confirmed by hair analysis for cocaine.Keywords
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