Pharmacological studies of drug dependence: Opioid and CNS depressant dependence.

Pharmacological studies on drug dependence in rodents: dependence on opioids and CNS depressants.

Physical and psychic dependence on opioids and CNS depressants in rodents were examined using the drug-admixed food (DAF) method. A comparison of several methods for developing physical dependence on opioids was made. The DAF method has the advantage of rapidly inducing a high degree of physical dependence without causing morbidity or mortality. When morphine-dependent rats were pretreated with...

Behavioral and pharmacological aspects of opioid dependence: mixed agonist-antagonists.

Suggestions to Contributors Tribute to Dr. Paul Lewis Munson 3 Agonist-induced Desensitization of the 3-Adrenergic Receptor-linked Adenylate Cyclase. T. KENDALL HARDEN 5 Behavioral and Pharmacological Aspects of Opioid Dependence: Mixed Agonist-Antagonists. WILLIAM L. WOOLVERTON AND CHARLES R. SCHUSTER 33 Pharmacology of Mesocortical Dopamine Neurons. MICHAEL J. BANNON AND ROBERT H. ROTH 53 Opi...

Guidelines for the Psychosocially Assisted Pharmacological Treatment of Opioid Dependence

Pharmacological enhancement of naltrexone treatment for opioid dependence: a review

PURPOSE: Opioid dependence (OD) is a serious and growing clinical condition with increasing social costs that requires expanding treatment beyond opioid agonist substitution. The opioid antagonist naltrexone has displayed a remarkable association of theoretical effectiveness and poor clinical utility in treating OD due to noncompliant behavior and low acceptability among patients, only partly m...

Opioid dependence.

INTRODUCTION Dependence on opioids is a multifactorial condition involving genetic and psychosocial factors. There are three stages to treating opioid dependence. Stabilisation is usually by opioid substitution treatments, and aims to ensure that the drug use becomes independent of mental state (such as craving and mood) and independent of circumstances (such as finance and physical location). ...