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Clinical Trial
. 1989;97(3):402-3.
doi: 10.1007/BF00439458.

Double-blind evaluation of the effect of acute amantadine on cocaine craving

F H Gawin  1 , C Morgan, T R Kosten, H D Kleber
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Clinical Trial

Double-blind evaluation of the effect of acute amantadine on cocaine craving

F H Gawin et al. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 1989.

Abstract

Single doses of amantadine hydrochloride and placebo were administered in a double-blind cross-over design on separate days to ten actively craving cocaine abusers in treatment. Pharmacological treatment did influence cocaine craving, but amantadine was less effective than placebo.

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