Explaining Drug Addiction Relapse Prevention – After an individual receives drug addiction treatment, it is important to have a relapse prevention plan. This plan should encompass the biological, psycholo…

 

Heroin addiction is risky business

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When pharmaceutical companies changed the formula for painkillers like OxyContin to discourage abuse, drug users turned to heroin. It's cheaper and easier to get. … There also is a high level of risk of chronic relapse. It's hard to kick. Use of …
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“Vaccine” against heroin keeps it out of the brain

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The ability to create antibodies that specifically bind to small molecules has raised hopes that they'll prove useful for a very challenging medical problem, namely drug addiction. Antibodies that latch on to drugs could keep them away from their sites …
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Looking beyond addiction in society's moments of clarity

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Christine describes how his sober periods, though optimistically ticked off on the calendar with smiley face stickers, were always bookended by relapse after Vince was unwilling — and more often unable — to seek help. Gordon Harper, executive …
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