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8381028

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-2-26
pubmed:abstractText
In this study, a cocaine abstinence syndrome is confirmed. Moreover, the cocaine withdrawal syndrome was found to be medically and psychiatrically benign and required no medication for detoxification in this inpatient setting. The 150 patients who underwent cocaine withdrawal did not show the three distinct phases of the abstinence symptomatology previously described. No patients required pharmacological intervention for cocaine withdrawal, and the dropout rate was 8% of the 150 cocaine dependents. The common symptoms of acute cessation of cocaine were transient craving, hyperactivity, slight tremor, insomnia and apprehension. The diagnosis of cocaine dependence alone without an additional drug or alcohol diagnosis was unusual in this study at 5%, as is the solitary use of cocaine also uncommon according to other studies. Studies clearly document that the concurrent and simultaneous use and dependence on multiple drugs and alcohol is present in the majority of treatment populations and common in the general population. As many as 54% of cocaine dependents qualified for alcohol dependence in this study, and many were dependent on alcohol prior to their cocaine dependence. Cocaine dependence appears to be yet another diagnosis in the spectrum of the multiple drug and alcohol dependent.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1055-0887
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
25-35
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-5-12
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Cocaine dependence: alcohol and other drug dependence and withdrawal characteristics.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois, Chicago 60680.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article