A Different opinion regarding the use of opiate antagonists in PTSD: Comments on “an unusual reaction to opioid blockade with naltrexone in a case of post-traumatic stress disorder”

An unusual reaction to opioid blockade w

An unusual reaction to opioid blockade with naltrexone in a case of post-traumatic stress disorder

✍ Paloma Ibarra; Stephen P. Bruehl; Charles R. Carlson; John F. Wilson; Jane A. No 📂 Article 📅 1994 🏛 Springer 🌐 English ⚖ 385 KB

An unusual behavioral and cardiovascular reaction was observed during opioid blockade with naltrexone in a 32-year-old male who met DSM 111-R criteria f o r post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). As part of an ongoing placebo-controlled investigation of the effects of naltraone on laboratory and amb