Beta-Blockers and Evidence-Based Guidelines for the Pharmacological Management of Acute Methamphetamine-Related Disorders and Toxicity

John R. Richards

doi:10.1055/s-0043-118413

Pharmacopsychiatry, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Pharmacopsychiatry 2018; 51(03): 108
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-118413

Letter to the Editor

Beta-Blockers and Evidence-Based Guidelines for the Pharmacological Management of Acute Methamphetamine-Related Disorders and Toxicity

John R. Richards

¹From the University of California, Davis Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sacramento, California

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