Fluoxetine versus placebo for the marijuana use of depressed alcoholics

Author(s): Salloum, I. M., Haskett, R. F., Ehler, J. G., Jarrett, P. J., Thase, M. E., Perel, J. M.

Journal/Book: Addict Behav. 1999; 24: the Boulevard Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford Ox5 1GB, England. Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd. 111-114.

Abstract: The aim of this analysis was to evaluate the efficacy of the SSRI antidepressant fluoxetine versus placebo for the marijuana use of depressed alcoholics. There are no previous reports involving and SSRI antidepressant for marijuana abuse. This analysis involved a subsample of 22 depressed alcoholic marijuana users out of a total of 51 depressed alcoholics. The entire sample was involved in a 12-week double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluating the efficacy of fluoxetine versus placebo in depressed alcoholics. During the course of the trial, the cumulative number of marijuana cigarettes used was almost 20 times as high in the placebo group as in the fluoxetine group. Also, the number of days of marijuana use during the study was five times higher in the placebo group than in the fluoxetine group. These data suggest efficacy for fluoxetine in decreasing marijuana use of depressed alcoholics.

Note: Article Cornelius JR, Univ Pittsburgh, Sch Med, Western Psychiat Inst & Clin, Dept Psychiat, 3811 OHara St, Room 1092, Pittsburgh,PA 15213 USA

Keyword(s): DISORDERS

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