TY - JOUR TI - A zolpidem and cocaine abuse case report AU - Liappas, IA AU - Malitas, PN AU - Dimopoulos, NP AU - Gitsa, OE and AU - Liappas, AI AU - Nikolaou, CHK AU - Christodoulou, GN JO - International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice PY - 2002 VL - 6 TODO - 4 SP - 217-219 PB - MARTIN DUNITZ LTD SN - 1365-1501, 1471-1788 TODO - 10.1080/136515002761581036 TODO - cocaine; abuse; zolpidem; case report TODO - 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. ER -