An Unusual Case of Baclofen Abuse

Baclofen was initially used for the treatment of spastic conditions. Last decade has seen its emergence as a treatment of profound interest in alcohol dependence, opiates and cocaine abuse, and tobacco addiction. However, the published literature on baclofen abuse is sparse. Here, we report a patien...

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Autores principales: Das, Soumitra, Palappalllil, Dhanya Sasidharan, Purushothaman, Sumesh Thoppil, Rajan, Varun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5052965/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27833235
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.191383
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description Baclofen was initially used for the treatment of spastic conditions. Last decade has seen its emergence as a treatment of profound interest in alcohol dependence, opiates and cocaine abuse, and tobacco addiction. However, the published literature on baclofen abuse is sparse. Here, we report a patient with baclofen abuse.
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spelling pubmed-50529652016-11-10 An Unusual Case of Baclofen Abuse Das, Soumitra Palappalllil, Dhanya Sasidharan Purushothaman, Sumesh Thoppil Rajan, Varun Indian J Psychol Med Case Report Baclofen was initially used for the treatment of spastic conditions. Last decade has seen its emergence as a treatment of profound interest in alcohol dependence, opiates and cocaine abuse, and tobacco addiction. However, the published literature on baclofen abuse is sparse. Here, we report a patient with baclofen abuse. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5052965/ /pubmed/27833235 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.191383 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Indian Psychiatric Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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