Could a novel vaccine help smokers quit?

Article Abstract:

Scientists believe that vaccines targeting nicotine might help some individuals quit the nicotine habit. A nicotine vaccine is designed to stimulate the production of nicotine antibodies, which might block some of nicotine's reinforcing effects by sequestering the chemical in blood and preventing it from reaching the brain.

Specialty outpatient clinics, not elsewhere classified, Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers, Alcohol & Drug Abuse Programs, Usage, Drug therapy, Nicotine, Smoking, Substance abuse treatment

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Methadone treatment marks 40 years

Article Abstract:

Methadone maintenance for the treatment of opioid addiction remains a standard therapy in the field of addiction treatment even after forty years of its introduction. This therapy represented a reversal of the traditional US approach to treating drug addiction.

United Kingdom

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Methadone treatment marks 40 years

Article Abstract:

Methadone maintenance for the treatment of opioid addiction remains a standard therapy in the field of addiction treatment even after forty years of its introduction. This therapy represented a reversal of the traditional US approach to treating drug addiction.

Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing, Narcotic Analgesic Preparations, Opioids, Addiction

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