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Pharmacopsychiatry 2007; 40(1): 43-44
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-958522
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-958522
Letter
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Abuse, Dependency and Withdrawal with Gabapentin: A First Case Report
Further Information
Publication History
received 14. 2. 2006
revised 29. 9. 2006
accepted 10. 10. 2006
Publication Date:
27 February 2007 (online)
Introduction
Gabapentin has not been documented to produce dependency. This is the first case recorded in our institution of a patient having developed dependency while being treated with a high dose of gabapentin.
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Correspondence
C. Victorri-Vigneau
Centre d' Evaluation et d' Information sur la Pharmacodependance·Laboratoire de Pharmacologie
9 quai Moncousu
44093 Nantes cedex 1
France
Phone: + 33/2/400/840 96
Email: Caroline.vigneau@chu-nantes.fr