Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 91, Issue 2 , Pages 187-194 , 1 December 2007

Pharmacodynamics of diazepam co-administered with methadone or buprenorphine under high dose conditions in opioid dependent patients

  • Nicholas Lintzeris

      Affiliations

    • National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, and South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, P.O. Box 48, 4 Windsor Walk, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF, United Kingdom
    • National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 431 585 515.
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  • Timothy B. Mitchell

      Affiliations

    • National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, and South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, P.O. Box 48, 4 Windsor Walk, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF, United Kingdom
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  • Alyson J. Bond

      Affiliations

    • National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, and South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, P.O. Box 48, 4 Windsor Walk, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF, United Kingdom
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  • Liam Nestor

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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  • John Strang

      Affiliations

    • National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, and South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, P.O. Box 48, 4 Windsor Walk, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF, United Kingdom

Received 26 May 2006 ,Revised 30 April 2007 ,Accepted 24 May 2007.

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PII: S0376-8716(07)00221-9

doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.05.019

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
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