Fighting Drugs with Drugs Is Latest Addiction Therapy. Stacey Burling.
by Burling, Stacey; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 68Health. Publisher: Philadelphia Inquirer, 2005ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Alcoholism -- Treatment | Brain -- Imaging | Drug abuse -- Treatment | Drugs -- Research | Neurontin | Neurotransmitters | Topiramate | VigabatrinDDC classification: 050 Summary: "The weapon of the future in the war on drugs will likely be...drugs. Researchers are optimistic about a host of new medications that target the chemical cycle of addiction. Some block the intense pleasure that makes drugs such as heroin so seductive while others calm the brain during withdrawal." (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) This article examines the latest trend in addiction therapy in which medications are being used to treat drug addiction.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Fighting Drugs with Drugs Is Latest Addiction Therapy, Feb. 21, 2005; pp. n.p..
"The weapon of the future in the war on drugs will likely be...drugs. Researchers are optimistic about a host of new medications that target the chemical cycle of addiction. Some block the intense pleasure that makes drugs such as heroin so seductive while others calm the brain during withdrawal." (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) This article examines the latest trend in addiction therapy in which medications are being used to treat drug addiction.
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