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Table 3 Medication within last 24 h before testing in patient group

From: Cognitive function during early abstinence from opioid dependence: a comparison to age, gender, and verbal intelligence matched controls

Medications used within 24 hours of test

Number of patients

Dose, range

Antidepressives

4 (26 %)

 

   Doxepine

2

50 – 100 mg

   Sertraline

1

150 mg

   Venlaflaxine

1

150 mg

Anxiolytics, sedatives and hypnotics (Benzodiazepines)

15 (100%)

 

   Diazepam

10

5 – 30 mg

   Oxazepam

4

15 – 60 mg

   Tematzepam *

4

20 – 40 mg

   Zolpidem *

1

10 mg

   Zopiclone *

1

15 mg

Neuroleptics †

10 (67%)

 

   Chlorprotixine/Truxal

1

75 mg

   Promazine

9

100 – 200 mg

   Melperone

3

75 mg

Other opioid withdrawal symptom relievers

15 (100%)

 

   Hydroxyzine

6

100 – 300 mg

   Lofexidine

6

0.2 – 1.2 mg

   Naproxen/Alpoxen

6

1000 – 1500 mg

  1. * Used as a hypnotic the night before testing. † Used with anxiolytic indications