Cocaine-Induced Psychosis and Asenapine as Treatment: A Case Study.

We report a 38-years-old man with substance use disorders in methadone maintenance treatment who relapsed on cocaine use and presented CIPD that was satisfactorily treated with asenapine. It is important further research on CIPD management, especially on asenapine and other second-generation antipsychotics du to its possible role in its treatment.
PMID: 30858643 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Psychopharmacology Bulletin - March 15, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Psychopharmacol Bull Source Type: research