Elsevier

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volume 10, Issue 1, January–February 1993, Pages 63-66
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Brief report
Gender differences in cocaine use and treatment response

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Abstract

Much of our understanding of treatment efficacy in drug abuse is based on male drug abusers. In order to determine if there are gender differences in baseline drug use and treatment response, we compared male and female cocaine abusers who participated in an outpatient randomized clinical trial (RCT) evaluating pharmacotherapies for cocaine abuse. Although females had more severe drug problems at intake, they were as successful as males in the RCT and more successful at 6-month follow-up.

Keywords

cocaine abuse
drug abuse treatment
gender differences
pharmacological clinical trial
antidepressants

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Support was provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse Center Grant P50-DA04060, RO1-DA03469, KO2-DA0112 (TRK) and KO5-DA00089 (BJR).

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