Compulsive gabapentin abuse despite lack of desirable effects: A case report
Autor: | Laura Ruekert, Kelly J. Banker, Syed Hasan |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science) Gabapentin business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Medicine (miscellaneous) medicine.disease Clinical Practice Substance abuse 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Anticonvulsant Compulsive behavior medicine 030212 general & internal medicine medicine.symptom Psychiatry business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Clinical psychology medicine.drug |
Zdroj: | Journal of Substance Use. 22:661-663 |
ISSN: | 1475-9942 1465-9891 |
DOI: | 10.1080/14659891.2016.1271042 |
Popis: | Gabapentin is a federally non-scheduled anticonvulsant used in clinical practice for several neuropsychiatric conditions. Reports of abuse and descriptions of desirable effects experienced by users are frequent in the literature. The following case reports a patient with compulsive gabapentin abuse despite a lack of previously described desirable effects. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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