THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF DRUG DEPENDENCE

the role of semantic and communicative translation on reading comprehension of scientific texts

the following null hypothesis was proposed: h : there is no significant difference between the use of semantically or communicatively translates scientific texts. to test the null hypothesis, a number of procedures were taken first, two passages were selected form soyrcebooks of food and nutrition industry and gardening deciplines. each, in turn, was following by a number of comprehension quest...

Problems of drug dependence, 1979. Proceedings of the 41st Annual Scientific Meeting, The Committee on Problems of Drug Dependence, Inc.

The cocaine epidemic of the past decade is undermining theefficacy of methadone maintenance (MM) treatment. In an openclinical trial, 12 MM patients addicted to cocaine were offeredcarbamazepine (CBZ) as a pharmacological adjunct in the treat-ment of cocaine dependence. Patients reported mild opiate with-drawal symptoms after initiation of CBZ treatment. Methadoneserum t...

Problems of drug dependence 1999: Proceedings of the 61st annual scientific meeting, the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Inc.

Problems of drug dependence, 1980. Proceedings of the 42nd annual scientific meeting, the Committee on Problems of Drug Dependence, Inc.

It has been shown that there is a dose-response relationshipbetween blood levels of intravenously injected cocaine andmagnitude of evoked heart rate (Javaid et al. 1978). Thisrelationship also holds for inhaled cocaine while plasma levelsare increasing, but the cardiovascular effects of the drugdissipate more rapidly than cocaine disappears from the plasma.This suggests ...

Problems of drug dependence 1984. Proceedings of the 46th annual scientific meeting, The Committee on Problems of Drug Dependence, Inc.

Desipramine was compared with a placebo under double-blind conditions to determine if it is effective treatment for withdrawal from cocaine dependence. Eleven (11) subjects received desipramine and 11 received placebo. There was no significant statistical difference between groups in self-report on effectiveness; retention in treatment; cessation of cocaine use; or suppression of withdrawal sco...