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Drug Abuse in Heroin UsersAn Experimental Study of Self-administration of Methadone, Codeine, and Pentazocine
Charles R. Schuster, PhD;
B. Baddeley Smith, RN;
Jerome H. Jaffe, MD
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1971;24(4):359-362.
Abstract
A double-blind study was conducted to determine the abuse potential of orally administered methadone, codeine, pentazocine and placebo in ambulatory heroin addicts. Eightyeight subjects were allowed to return to a clinic daily for ten consecutive days to obtain one of the medications. Frequency of return for each drug was used as a measure of its potential for abuse. Return rates for codeine and methadone were greatest. Pentazocine had the lowest return of the four drugs, indicating that it is less liable to be abused, at least at the dose levels used.
Author Affiliations
Chicago
From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago, Chicago.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication July 30, 1970.
Reprint requests to Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago, 950 E 59th St, Chicago 60637 (Dr. Schuster).
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