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Study shows rising rate of propofol abuse by health care professionals

Abuse of the anesthesia drug propofol is a "rapidly progressive form of substance dependence" that is being more commonly seen among health care professionals, reports a study in the April Journal of Addiction Medicine, the official journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. ...

Addiction created Mar 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research pinpoints, prevents stress-induced drug relapse in rats

All too often, stress turns addiction recovery into relapse, but years of basic brain research have provided scientists with insight that might allow them develop a medicine to help. A new study in the journal Neuron pinpoi ...

Neuroscience created Mar 06, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rising opiate and heroin abuse among young adults a public health epidemic

(Medical Xpress)—Prescription pain killers – a leading cause of youth addiction and easily accessible in the family medicine cabinet – have caused an alarming rise in heroin abuse in New Jersey and ...

Addiction created Oct 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0