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A recent study supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and published in the Archives of General Psychiatry found genetic variants that seem to indicate which smokers trying to quit might benefit from certain treatments and which may not.
The treatments in question were the prescription […]
There are currently no approved medications to treat cocaine abuse, but one medical school is out to try and change that. The University of Texas Medical School […] Continue Reading…
The first medically prescribed heroin trial in North America is drawing to a close after almost a full year.
The $8-million North American Opiate Medication Initiative (NAOMI), funded […] Continue Reading…
Computer-based training, when combined with traditional therapy, may give addicts in treatment a better chance at recovery.
A Yale University study, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, […] Continue Reading…
Researchers at University Hospitals in Iowa City and at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha have begun to study the potential effectiveness in using Campral to treat […] Continue Reading…
Titan Pharmaceuticals is in phase III of its clinical trials for Probuphine, the company’s opiate addiction treatment that, by using its proprietary ProNeura drug delivery system, delivers buprenorphine at […] Continue Reading…
Organized by Mayor Sam Sullivan and the city of Vancouver, Collaboration for Change’ is bringing together a number of experts from different fields, including academics, city officials, health managers […] Continue Reading…
The results of a four-year study published in the journal Pediatrics makes some dire conclusions about the long-term effects of teen drinking.
In short, the studies’ authors concluded […] Continue Reading…
The number of children born to mothers addicted to drugs is on the rise and has been for a number of years. Experts have continually warned that abusing […] Continue Reading…
Researchers at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston believe they have uncovered a genetic variation that may predispose some people towards cigarette addiction and make them more susceptible […] Continue Reading…
