ADHD Meds May Not Up Drug Abuse Risk in Adulthood
WEDNESDAY, May 29 (HealthDay News) — Children taking stimulants to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) don't face a greater risk of becoming drug addicts in adulthood, researchers report. Whether or not these medications (such as …
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NIDA Research Seeks to Reduce Viral Hepatitis Caused by Drug Use Behaviors
If they are offered HCV treatment, they often face additional treatment challenges since many suffer from mental disorders and/or HIV in addition to HCV and drug addiction. To address these challenges, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is …
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Sigmund Freud's cocaine problem
Substituting one addictive drug for another was a common means of treating substance abuse in the late 19th century. What all these well-intentioned games of medical musical chairs did most reliably was to create “new and improved” addicts. Freud, in …
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