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Cocaine dependence severity predicts outcome in outpatient detoxification from cocaine and alcohol

Kampman KM, Pettinati HM, Volpicelli JR, Oslin DM, Lipkin C, Sparkman T, O'Brien CP. Cocaine dependence severity predicts outcome in outpatient detoxification from cocaine and alcohol. The American journal on addictions / American Academy of Psychiatrists in Alcoholism and Addictions. 2004 Jan 1; 13(1):74-82.

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Abstract:

This study compared the effects of alcohol and cocaine dependence severity on the outcome of outpatient detoxification from alcohol and cocaine. Subjects included 84 subjects with both alcohol and cocaine dependence admitted for outpatient detoxification. Fifty-three of the 84 subjects (63%) completed detoxification. Baseline cocaine use, cocaine craving, and cocaine withdrawal symptoms predicted detoxification outcome, whereas alcohol use, alcohol craving, and alcohol withdrawal symptoms did not. Among cocaine- and alcohol-dependent subjects, cocaine dependence severity appears to be a more important predictor of detoxification success than alcohol dependence severity.




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