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“Methadone impedes catabolism of desipramine so that relatively low doses of desipramine may produce antidepressant effects and possibly reduce the desire to use cocaine.”
Archives of general psychiatry • 1999 | View Paper
“Together with the results of clinical trials of DMI for cocaine abuse, these laboratory results suggest that DMI may reduce cocaine craving both during and between cocaine binges.”
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology • 1992 | View Paper
“Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors may help to lower alcohol consumption in depressed patients, and desipramine may help to facilitate abstinence in persons addicted to cocaine.”
“Furthermore, the cardiovascular effects of desipramine appear to have the potential for toxicity when that drug is administered in combination with cocaine.”
“A low dose of either desipramine (3 mg/kg), fluoxetine (1.25 mg/kg), or GBR 12909 (2 mg/kg) coadministered with low doses of cocaine (0.625–2.5 mg/kg) enhanced the discriminative stimulus properties of this psychostimulant.”