Addiction potential of phentermine prescribed during long-term treatment of obesity

• Main Authors: E. J. Hendricks, M. Srisurapanont, S. L. Schmidt, M. Haggard, S. Souter, C. L. Mitchell, D. G. De Marco, M. J. Hendricks, Y. Istratiy, F. L. Greenway
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine; Nursing
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84896690350&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/53763
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Objective:To investigate if phentermine treatment induces phentermine abuse, psychological dependence (addiction) or phentermine drug craving in overweight, obese and weight loss maintenance patients. To investigate whether amphetamine-like withdrawal occurs after abrupt cessation of long-term phent...