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Case Reports
. 1985;11(3-4):193-7.
doi: 10.3109/00952998509016861.

Methylphenidate treatment of cocaine abusers without attention deficit disorder: a negative report

F Gawin, C Riordan, H Kleber
Case Reports

Methylphenidate treatment of cocaine abusers without attention deficit disorder: a negative report

F Gawin et al. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 1985.

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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