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• Substance Abuse Meds Helpful for Gambling Disorder

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 577
  A research announcement at the annual meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) suggests pathological gambling can be successfully treated with medications that decrease urges and increase inhibitions. A pathological gambling disorder is a condition in which people will continue their gambling ...
  4 days ago

• Implant can help addicts stay off heroin

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Sydney, Nov 26 (IANS) A naltrexone implant reduces cravings among heroin addicts and blocks its effects, says a new study.According to the results of the study, the implant that prevents addicts from the effects of heroin has had a 63 percent success rate of abstinence. But oral application of the same medicine does ...
  3 weeks ago

• Alkermes to Seek FDA Approval of Anti-Addiction Drug

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 661
  Life Sciences , FDA , Addiction Ryan McBride wrote: Cambridge,MA-based biotech Alkermes said this morning that its long-acting naltrexone injection (Vivitrol) was more effective in treating opioid drug dependence than placebo in a Phase III clinical trial. The 250-patient clinical trial compared urine ...
  4 weeks ago

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