Effects of phenytoin on cocaine self-administration in humans.
Author(s): Sofuoglu M, Pentel PR, Bliss RL, Goldman AI, Hatsukami DK
Affiliation(s): Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55414, USA.
Publication date & source: 1999-02-01, Drug Alcohol Depend., 53(3):273-5.
Publication type: Clinical Trial; Randomized Controlled Trial
The goal of this pilot study was to determine the effects of phenytoin on cocaine self-administration in a human laboratory model. Subjects were randomized to either phenytoin (n = 6) or placebo (n = 7). Those assigned to phenytoin treatment received a single oral loading dose of 20 mg/kg. The phenytoin and placebo treatment groups did not differ in the number of tokens valued at $5, exchanged for cocaine. Similarly, the cardiovascular and subjective response to cocaine administration did not show a statistically significant treatment effect. In this laboratory model, phenytoin did not alter either the self-administration or effects of cocaine.
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