Showing posts with label cocaine treatment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cocaine treatment. Show all posts
Thursday, May 13, 2010

Cocaine Treatment and the Stroop Test

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Treatment dropouts do poorly on color/word match. It’s commonly used to demonstrate behavioral inhibition, but it’s also a nifty parlor ga...
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Sunday, March 14, 2010

The Cocaine Conundrum

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Effective treatment remains elusive. For addiction to cocaine, amphetamine, and other stimulants, the treatment picture has been complicat...
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Cocaine Vaccine Hits Snag

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Some addicts risk OD to overcome its effects. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has increasingly placed its bets on treating co...
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Saturday, August 22, 2009

Who are Cocaine’s Primary Victims?

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The answer may surprise you. They are not necessarily the poor, the desperate, or the weak-willed. A National Institute of Drug Abuse ...
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Drugs for Cocaine Addiction

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Researchers target GABA, noradrenaline . According to Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners , a company conducting research on drugs for the trea...
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Monday, May 26, 2008

Annals of Addiction: Malcolm McDowell

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From The Harder They Fall "My father was an alcoholic, so I never really drank much. I kept away from it, but I didn't realize that...
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Monday, May 19, 2008

The Chemistry of Cocaine Addiction

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Crack, free-base, and powder The cocaine high is a marvel of biochemical efficiency. Cocaine works primarily by blocking the reuptake of dop...