Pa. Demaria et al., PHENOBARBITAL VS CLONAZEPAM IN THE OUTPATIENT SEDATIVE DETOXIFICATIONOF METHADONE-MAINTAINED PATIENTS, The American journal on addictions, 5(2), 1996, pp. 167-173
The authors used either phenobarbital or clonazepam to detoxify 25 sed
ative-dependent patients enrolled in an outpatient methadone-maintenan
ce treatment program Sedatives abused by patients included glutethimid
e, diazepam, alprazolam, and lorazepam. There were no reported seizure
s. Urine drug screening results indicated that only a minority of the
patients were able to ''detox'' and stay off sedatives. The authors re
port on patient demographics, sedative abuse history, detoxification a
gent, dosage, and tapering schedules.