Quit-smoking drug Chantix effective in cocaine and alcohol addiction
Last Updated on Saturday, 18 February 2012 03:16 Written by Mike Saturday, 18 February 2012 03:16
Varenicline is unique among anti-addiction medications in the way it affects the brain. Like nicotine, varenicline activates a specific receptor for a neurotransmitter called acetylcholine, but it does so less intensely than the active ingredient of cigarettes does. The net effect is that the drug seems to help by both cutting cravings and making the formerly desired drug less pleasant — without …
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Smoking to Cocaine: Is Nicotine a ‘Gateway’ Addiction?
Last Updated on Saturday, 5 November 2011 04:00 Written by Mike Saturday, 5 November 2011 04:00
Smoking to Cocaine: Is Nicotine a ‘Gateway’ Addiction?
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What Is Cocaine? How Addictive Is Cocaine?
Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 September 2011 04:00 Written by Mike Tuesday, 13 September 2011 04:00
Cocaine is a bitter, addictive pain blocker that is extracted from the leaves of Erythroxylon coca, also known as the coca scrub, a plant that comes from the Andean highlands in South America. Cocaine is the most powerful stimulant of natural origin. The name of “cocaine” came from the plant “coca”. When Coca-Cola first came out it contained nine milligrams of cocaine per glass – in 1903 it was …
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