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Addiction Potential of Abused Drugs and Drug Classes (Paperback)
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Addiction Potential of Abused Drugs and Drug Classes (Paperback)
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List price R1,148
Loot Price R432
Discovery Miles 4 320
You Save R716 (62%)
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Increase your awareness of the relative addiction liabilities of
various drugs and drug classes that are commonly abused. A timely
and masterful new book, Addiction Potential of Abused Drugs and
Drug Classes clarifies, in contemporary terminology, the state of
addiction liability of cocaine, opiates, alcohol,
sedative-hypnotics, nicotine, anxiolytics, marijuana, inhalants and
anesthetics, and PCP and hallucinogens--the nine drugs that are
most abused today. Authorities combine their research expertise
with the available scientific literature to evaluate those factors
which contribute to the addictive qualities of drugs. Specific
chapters highlight the positive and negative reinforcement
qualities that make drugs rewarding, focus on the two major
subtypes of alcoholics, and cover the neuroanatomical and
neurochemical bases of psychological dependence, the greatest
contributing factor to drug addiction. An essential new resource
for scientists, clinicians, and administrators, Addiction Potential
of Abused Drugs and Drug Classes also highlights those areas where
more work is needed in order to understand how individual drugs
affect the processes of dependence, tolerance, and addiction, so
that adequate treatment of these disorders can be discovered.The
book was written for teachers and researchers in the chemical
dependency field, to provide an up-to-date review of the
literature. In addition, physicians, nurses, and pharmacists will
find the book to be valuable as an update on the relative addiction
strengths of abused drugs. Finally, treatment counselors and
professionals with some knowledge of physiology and pharmacology
will be interested in the book because of its relevance to the
clinical treatment of chemically-dependent patients.
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