Pharmacological treatment of addiction

Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 309-312

  Watson, Ben ^a   Lingford Hughes, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

addiction; alcohol; cannabis; dependence; medication; nicotine; opioid; pharmacology; stimulants; treatment

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; ALCOHOL; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMFEBUTAMONE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUPRENORPHINE; BUPRENORPHINE PLUS NALOXONE; CANNABIS; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CLONIDINE; DISULFIRAM; LOFEXIDINE; MECAMYLAMINE; METHADONE; NALOXONE; NALTREXONE; NICOTINE; NICOTINE GUM; NICOTINE PATCH; OPIATE; RIMONABANT; VARENICLINE;

ADDICTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; EUPHORIA; FLUSHING; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; NAUSEA; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VOMITING;

EID: 34347209866     PISSN: 14761793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mppsy.2007.04.008     Document Type: Review

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