title: Methylphenidate treatment of cocaine abusers without attention deficit disorder: a negative report.
abstract: Five cocaine abusers without diagnoses of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) were treated with methylphenidate in an open trial. In contrast to previously described patients with ADD, none of these patients showed clinical improvement or decreased cocaine use.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000150:complications*; D003042:Cocaine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008774:Methylphenidate / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D008774:Methylphenidate; D003042:Cocaine