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The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Encompassing All Addictive Disorders
Volume 11, 1985 - Issue 3-4
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Original Article

Methylphenidate Treatment of Cocaine Abusers without Attention Deficit Disorder: A Negative Report

Frank Gawin Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, 06519
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Charles Riordan Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, 06519
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Herbert Kleber Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, 06519
Pages 193-197 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

Five cocaine abusers without diagnoses of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) were treated with methylphenidate in an open trial. In contrast to previously described patients with ADD, none of these patients showed clinical improvement or decreased cocaine use.

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