Posted by pseudoname on November 25, 2005, at 12:51:38
In reply to Re: Seroquel helps opioid withdrawal, posted by Declan on November 25, 2005, at 12:03:45
> OTOH only 41% completed the program, though I'm not sure how we should factor that in
Yeah.... I guess drop-out rates are always really high in substance-treatment studies?
I couldn't help wondering – not completely tongue-in-cheek – if these results would mean opioids might help with Seroquel withdrawal symptoms. But maybe the inferences don't flow in both directions...
[I should've posted the exact citation with the press release. Because I'm anal ;-) ]
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
Oct 2005; vol 66 (10); pgs 1285-88
"Reduction of Opioid-Withdrawal Symptoms with Quetiapine."
Harold B. Pinkofsky, Ann M. Hahn, Frances A. Campbell, John Rueda, Dennis C. Daley, and Antoine B. Douaihy
ABSTRACT at: http://www.psychiatrist.com/abstracts/200510/100511.htm
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