@article{3082688,
    title = "A zolpidem and cocaine abuse case report",
    author = "Liappas, IA and Malitas, PN and Dimopoulos, NP and Gitsa, OE and and Liappas, AI and Nikolaou, CHK and Christodoulou, GN",
    journal = "International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice",
    year = "2002",
    volume = "6",
    number = "4",
    pages = "217-219",
    publisher = "MARTIN DUNITZ LTD",
    issn = "1365-1501, 1471-1788",
    doi = "10.1080/136515002761581036",
    keywords = "cocaine; abuse; zolpidem; case report",
    abstract = "A case is presented of a 30-year-old man, prescribed zolpidem for
insomnia arising from cocaine abuse, who sought to use this hypnotic to
reduce his craving for cocaine. However, after taking cocaine and up to
300 mg/day zolpidem, he became euphoric and hyperactive. It is suggested
that at high doses, zolpidem, like cocaine, has a stimulatory effect on
the brain dopaminergic reward pathway."
}