书目名称 | Drugs for Relapse Prevention of Alcoholism |
编辑 | Rainer Spanagel,Karl F. Mann |
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概述 | Complete picture on modern relapse prevention.Different neurotransmitter/peptide systems involved in relapse behaviour.New relapse prevention strategies.Includes supplementary material: |
丛书名称 | Milestones in Drug Therapy |
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描述 | Alcoholism is a pathological behavioural syndrome, characterised by comp- sive alcohol use, craving and relapses, even recurring after many years of abstinence. It is suggested that chronic alcohol abuse leads to persistent changes within several neurochemical pathways in the brain and furthermore that an imprinted drug and addiction memory may scarcely be extinguished. Hence, the question arises as to whether there ought to be a reasonable hope that pharmacological drugs will be developed that interfere with an addiction memory, and as a result, finally lead to a cure? In this book, leading preclinical and clinical experts in the field of alcohol relapse prevention strive to furnish an answer to this question. None of the researchers or clinicians believes in a magic bullet that will be of help to all alcoholic patients in overcoming this disease. However, there is now convi- ing evidence demonstrating that specific subpopulations of alcoholic patients experience satisfactory benefit from currently available treatments. Today we have two medications for relapse prevention on the market – acamprosate and naltrexone. Although, currently, only a minority of alcoholic patients benefit |
出版日期 | Book 2005 |
关键词 | Peptide Systems; Treatment Strategies; alcoholism; cannabinoid; clinical application; clinical research; d |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/b137043 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-7643-7305-4Series ISSN 2296-6056 Series E-ISSN 2296-6064 |
issn_series | 2296-6056 |
copyright | Birkhäuser Basel 2005 |