Book Details

Drugs for Relapse Prevention of Alcoholism

Publication year: 2005

: 978-3-7643-7305-4

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whet 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.


: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Peptide Systems, Treatment Strategies, alcoholism, cannabinoid, clinical application, clinical research, dopamine, neuropharmacology, neurotransmitter, opioid, pharmacology, prevention, psychopharmacology, research