Four cases of clonidine abuse
- 1 December 1983
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 140 (12) , 1625-1627
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.140.12.1625
Abstract
The authors present the cases of four outpatients who abused clonidine alone or in conjunction with diazepam. They discuss the abuse potential of clonidine and urge caution in prescribing it to opiate abusers.Keywords
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