Drugs to Aid Alcoholics See Little Use, Study Finds by Anahad O’Connor, The New York Times, May 13, 204 Naltrexone and acamprosate help reduce an alcoholic’s cravings for alcohol. A recent study showed that they are underutilized pharmaceuticals.
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Drugs Help Tailor Alcoholism Treatment
Drugs Help Tailor Alcoholism Treatment by Douglas Quenqua New York Times May 21, 2012 If alcoholism is a disease, is there hope of finding the cure in a pill? Yes and no. Having mapped the physical changes the brain undergoes with years of habitual drinking, researchers in recent years have discovered a handful of promising […]
Profiles in Science | Nora D. Volkow A General in the Drug War
Profiles in Science | Nora D. Volkow A General in the Drug War By ABIGAIL ZUGER June 13, 2011 New York Times She must say it a dozen times a day: Addiction is all about the dopamine. The pleasure, pain and devilish problem of control are simply the detritus left by waves of this little […]
Not All Drugs Are the Same After All
Not All Drugs Are the Same After All By LESLEY ALDERMAN Published: December 18, 2009, NY Times Science Section … there is a gnawing concern among some doctors and researchers that certain prescription generic drugs may not work as well as their brand-name counterparts. The problem is not pervasive, but it’s something consumers should be […]