1998
Fluoxetine treatment of depressive disorders in methadone-maintained opioid addicts
Petrakis I, Carroll K, Nich C, Gordon L, Kosten T, Rounsaville B. Fluoxetine treatment of depressive disorders in methadone-maintained opioid addicts. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 1998, 50: 221-226. PMID: 9649975, DOI: 10.1016/s0376-8716(98)00032-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCocaine useOpioid addictsMedication effectsDepressive symptomsSignificant decreaseEffectiveness of fluoxetineSelf-reported cocaine useDrug use outcomesSubsample of subjectsFluoxetine treatmentUrine toxicologySelf-reported useDepressive disorderSevere depressionHeroin useFluoxetineEffective agentUse outcomesDepressionPlaceboSignificant differencesTreatmentSymptomsAddictsMethadone
1995
Differential Symptom Reduction in Depressed Cocaine Abusers Treated with Psychotherapy and Pharmacotherapy
CARROLL K, NICH C, ROUNSAVILLE B. Differential Symptom Reduction in Depressed Cocaine Abusers Treated with Psychotherapy and Pharmacotherapy. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 1995, 183: 251-259. PMID: 7714514, DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199504000-00012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDepressive symptomsSymptom reductionCocaine abusersTrial of desipramineRelapse prevention treatmentSupportive clinical managementGreater reductionEuthymic subgroupPsychotherapy conditionsDesipramine treatmentEffective antidepressantDepressed subgroupClinical managementCognitive-behavioral treatmentTreatment responsePrevention treatmentCocaine outcomesAmbulatory cocaine abusersDepressive symptomatologyCocaine useCocaine addictsConsecutive abstinence
1994
Psychotherapy and Pharmacotherapy for Ambulatory Cocaine Abusers
Carroll KM, Rounsaville BJ, Gordon LT, Nich C, Jatlow P, Bisighini RM, Gawin FH. Psychotherapy and Pharmacotherapy for Ambulatory Cocaine Abusers. JAMA Psychiatry 1994, 51: 177-187. PMID: 8122955, DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1994.03950030013002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical managementCocaine useCocaine abusersRelapse preventionAmbulatory cocaine abusersWeeks of treatmentForm of treatmentHigh-severity patientsInitiation trialsAbstinence initiationBaseline severityClinical trialsEffective treatmentTreatment retentionBetter outcomesCocaine abusePharmacotherapyDepressed subjectsPlaceboDesipramine hydrochlorideSpecialized treatmentDesipraminePreventionGreater reductionDistinct subgroups