Treatment of depressed methadone maintenance patients with nefazodone. A case series

Am J Addict. 1998 Fall;7(4):309-12.

Abstract

The authors presented four consecutive case studies in which depressed methadone-maintained patients previously treated with other drugs, such as sertraline, risperidone, and bupropion, and who did not respond and/or suffered various side effects, responded well to nefazodone.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation / therapeutic use*
  • Depressive Disorder / drug therapy*
  • Depressive Disorder / etiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Methadone / administration & dosage
  • Middle Aged
  • Narcotics / administration & dosage
  • Opioid-Related Disorders / complications
  • Opioid-Related Disorders / psychology*
  • Opioid-Related Disorders / therapy
  • Piperazines
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Triazoles / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation
  • Narcotics
  • Piperazines
  • Triazoles
  • nefazodone
  • Methadone