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    Topiramate useful in alcohol addiction treatment
    UVA researchers make pivotal breakthrough in alcohol addiction treatmentCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., June 5, 2008 - Alcoholism is a devastating disease in part because of the 'symptom' of heavy drinking but …
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    The Effectiveness of Alcohol Detox Programs
    By David RichardsAll across the United States, people are looking to regain control through alcohol detox programs. It is fortunate that we live in a country where there are so many public and private…
    Posted on Wed, 01/23/2008 - 03:00
     

    In Defense of Happy Pills
    The first time I did heroin, it was a Listening to Prozac moment. Like the patients that psychiatrist Peter Kramer describes in his 1993 book, I felt the way I wished to be, but better than I'd thou…
    Posted on Thu, 10/04/2007 - 03:00
     

    Abstinence Assisting Medications - Are they Effective?
    By Edward Wilson ANTABUSE: Antabuse, or disulfiram as it is also known, was the first medicine approved for the treatment of alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence by the U.S. Food and Drug Administ…
    Posted on Fri, 08/17/2007 - 03:00
     

    What Is Detox?
    Many addicted people must undergo a detoxification process (detox) before they embark on a treatment plan. Detox is the process of getting the alcohol or other drugs out of the addicted person's sys…
    Posted on Wed, 04/04/2007 - 03:00
     

    Outpatient Detox
    [From: Smithers addiction News, March 2000, Vol 1, Num 1, Pages 1-2] Detoxification is a medical procedure in which death and medical/psychiatric complications are prevented or stabilized, while pa…
    Posted on Tue, 12/13/2005 - 03:00
     

    Questions About Naltrexone Treatment for Alcoholism
      1. What is naltrexone? Naltrexone is a medication that blocks the effects of drugs known as opioids (a class that includes morphine, heroin or codeine). It competes with these drugs for opi…
    Posted on Tue, 04/19/2005 - 03:00
     

    Do it Yourself Detoxification
    Pages: ? Back  1 2 3 4  Next ?  Next: What is your source of supply? ? …
    Posted on Tue, 01/18/2005 - 03:00
     

    Do it Yourself Detoxification
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    Do it Yourself Detoxification
    Thanks to Peter McDermott for the following text form of a wonderful booklet he developed available from Lifeline in England:McDermott's Guide to Do-It-Yourself Detox(c) Peter McDermott, 1993, (c) L…
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