Am J Psychiatry 1984; 141:995-997
Copyright © 1984 by American Psychiatric Association
Effects of naloxone on patients with panic attacks
MR Liebowitz, JM Gorman, AJ Fyer, DJ Dillon and DF Klein
To determine whether endogenous opiates are involved in panic anxiety, the
authors challenged 12 patients with panic attacks with intravenous naloxone
hydrochloride alone or combined with sodium lactate. Naloxone did not
produce panic attacks or alter responses to lactate.
