New hope on the Horizon for People Wishing to Quit Smoking
...s currently used to treat skin disorders) may help addicts who wish to give up smoking. Nicotine replacement, in the form of a patch or gum, to keep the level of nicotine in blood up without smoking is currently used to help to reduce withdrawl effects of smokers trying to give up smoking. Methoxsalen i...The drug naloxone saves heroin addicts from overdose and it is advisable for these addicts to have naloxone with them for life saving emergencies, according to doctors at the National Addicti...Kick Smoking with Nicotine Drink
...ased every time a new product is available to help addicts kick the habit. In 1998, the nicotine patch accounted for 49 percent of the drug-assisted attempts to quit, nicotine gum 28 percent and Zyban - a prescription drug - 21 percent. The nicotine inhaler and nasal spray accounted for less than 3 percent...Drug abuse leads to long standing changes in the brain
...hat these effects are seen even in methamphetamine addicts who have been off the drug for 10 months or more.// A second study by the same research group reveals additional long-lasting brain changes caused by the drug, including an unexpected increase in cellular activity in certain areas of the brain. "Th...A new way out for heroin addicts
...cts. However, the major concern in treating heroin addicts with methadone is that methadone can become addictive. This is one reason methadone therapy is usually only given to long-term addicts. A new study has now found that an alternative drug therapy combined with psychosocial treatment is effective in he......crazy, but researchers say giving heroin to opiate addicts can help them become less dependent on the drug. R...ucted two separate studies of more than 500 heroin addicts who did not respond to methadone maintenance treatment. Participants were either injected with or in...New treatment possible for drug addiction
Drug addiction is a problem because the addicts find it hard to break the habit formation. One of the reasons// for this type of behavior may be that drugs affect the mechanism of the brain and makes the addict less attracted towards other rewards of life, like eating and fulfilling of other need,...Drug abuse may affect brain like Alzheimer’
...in Alzheimer’s disease. Young people who are drug addicts in the age group of 17 to 26yrs may be three times more likely to suffer brain damage than their non-addicted counterparts, said a study done by scientists of University of Edinburgh. The extent of their brain damage will be equivalent to that happen...Personality profiles of gamblers and substance abusers are similar
...nality// profiles with substance abusers like drug addicts and alcoholics. Researchers have been able to identify personality traits of problem gambling behavior in people and have found marked semblance with those of substance abusers. Researchers in their research have pointed out that people who seek hel...Regular Use Of Cocaine Can Impair Brain Functions
...Researchers say this study may explain why cocaine addicts are oriented towards pleasure rather than other go... ability to make decisions. It could also be why addicts go back to taking more of the drug and ex-addicts often become addicted again faster than those who ...Brain of Cocaine Addicts Smaller In Size
...led images of the brain structure // of 27 cocaine addicts to that of similar images obtained from 27 healthy... reward processing system -- is smaller in cocaine addicts than in healthy patients. However researchers say they are unsure if this difference causes addictio...Brain Chemical Identified For Drug Dependent Behavior
... may be activated by environmental cues that cause addicts to relapse back to drug-taking behavior even after successfully going through rehabilitation and achieving abstinence. Source: NIH ...Neurobiology Provides Answers To Block Memory-Related Drug Cravings
...ests that memories responsible for relapse in drug addicts may be similarly disrupted by a therapeutic agent targeting ERK or related proteins. This work, however, is a first step toward subsequent efforts that can produce effective drug-addiction therapies....Opioids And Abnormal Pain Perception
... (CPT), several studies have suggested that opioid addicts (OAs) may exhibit hyperalgesia as shown by their ability to maintain their hand in ice-cold water for a significantly shorter duration than were healthy controls. Recent evidence reported on increased pain sensitivity in animals following parentera...AIDS Threat Aggravated Due To Sale of Blood by Drug Addicts in Cambodia
...Office on Drugs and Crime that some Cambodian drug addicts were working in teams, towards selling their blood... from one location to another to avoid the police, addicts usually scavenge for cans and plastic bottles to sell. Alarmingly, many drug users admitted to loi...More Drug Addicts In Scotland Seek Treatment
...investment made by the Government in treating drug addicts is beginning to yield results in Scotland, with as many as 14,000 new drug users seeking treatment in 2004. Heroin users accounted for 8,000 of this figure. //This amounts to a 10% increase in the number of people trying to get back to normal life. ...Uninsured People Turn To Free Clinics.
... who live in dreaded conditions, homeless and drug addicts are those who visit the free clinics but is also for people like Eric Moore who completed his graduation. His category was that he earns too much to qualify for a government help but too little to afford health insurance. He suffered a blood clot in...The HIV Bug infects and alarms Beijing
...p but cry." The problem is more so because of drug addicts and sex workers.Previous reports reveal that earlier infection were due to infected blood but now, needle drug use and sex accounted for about 97 per cent of all new cases. In order to avoid the condition China has been trying to distribute condom...Government To Clamp Down On Crystal Meth
... result of new rules which are aimed at preventing addicts from making crystal meth. //The supermarkets and drug stores which have pharmacies will however not be affected by the ban which will come into force from 10 April 2006. Only pharmacists will be able to sell about 15 medicines which are of the single......y cater to treatment programs for drug and alcohol addicts inside homeless shelters, since the study revealed that nearly 69% of hospitalizations among the homeless were due to alcohol consumption, substance abuse and mental illness. This would mean increased recruitment of workers for conducting the treat...