Scientific publications

In this section you will find articles that have been published in scientific journals and those that can be accessed online through the MedlinePlus portal.

• Cocaine: see published articles
• Heroin: see published articles
• Alcohol: see published articles
• Tranquillizers: see published articles

MedlinePlus is the internet portal for health information for the public created by the National Library of Medicine. In this portal you will find information about health from National Health Institutes as well as other qualified sources.

Articles about treatments against cocaine

Preclinical research on cocaine self-administration: environmental determinants and their interaction with pharmacological treatment

Neurosci Biobehav Rev 1999 May;23(5):717-41- LeSage, M. G., Stafford, D., and Glowa, J. R.

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Cocaine. Diagnosis and treatment

Psychiatr Clin North Am 1993 Mar;16(1):87-95 - Weddington, W. W.

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Pharmacological treatment of cocaine dependence: a systematic review

Addiction 2002 Aug;97(8):931-49 - de Lima MS, de Oliveira Soares BG, Reisser AA, Farrell M.

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Effects of concurrent use of alcohol and cocaine

Addiction 2002 Jul;97(7):773-83 - Pennings EJ, Leccese AP, Wolff FA.

Stress and cocaine addiction

J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2002 Jun;301(3):785-9 - Goeders NE.

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Articles about treatments against heroin

Evaluación de la efectividad del tratamiento UROD asociado a rehabilitación ulterior en pacientes dependientes de opiáceos

Revista Española de Drogodependencias, 1998 - García-Comas, L., Alcaide, J. F., Amate, J. M., Conde, J. L., and Legarda, J. J.

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Naltrexone. A review of its pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties and therapeutic efficacy in the management of opioid dependence

Drugs, 1988 - Gonzalez, J. P. and Brogden, R. N.

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A 24-h inpatient detoxification treatment for heroin addicts: a preliminary investigation

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 1994 - Legarda, J. J. and Gossop, M.

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Ultra-rapid opiate detoxification under anaesthesia

The Lancet, 1998 - Legarda, J. J.

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Continuous naloxone administration suppresses opiate withdrawal symptoms in human opiate addicts during detoxification treatment

J.Psychiat.Res., 1989 - Loimer, N., Schmid, R. W., Presslich, O., and Lenz, K.

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Ultrashort noninvasive opiate detoxification

Am J Psychiatry, 1993 - Loimer, N., Hofmann, P., and Chaudhry, H.

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Naloxone treatment for opiate withdrawal syndrome

British Journal of Psychiatry, 1998 - Loimer, N., Schmid, R., and Presslich, O.

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Compliance to naltrexone treatment after ultra-rapid opiate detoxification: an open label naturalistic study

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 1997 - Rabinowitz, J., Cohen, H., Tarrasch, R., and Kotler, M.

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High risk of ultrashort noninvasive opiate detoxification

Am J Psychiatry, 1995 - San, L., Puig, M., Bulbena, A., and Farre, M.

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Experts debate merits of 1-day opiate detoxification under anaesthesia

JAMA, 5-2-1997 - Stephenson, J.

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Articles about treatments against alcoholism

Behavioral neurobiology of alcohol addiction: recent advances and challenges

J Neurosci 2002 May 1;22(9):3332-7 - Weiss F, Porrino LJ.

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Mesa Grande: a methodological analysis of clinical trials of treatments for alcohol use disorders

Addiction 2002 Mar;97(3):265-77 - Miller WR, Wilbourne PL

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The adolescent brain and the college drinker: biological basis of propensity to use and misuse alcohol

J Stud Alcohol Suppl 2002 Mar;(14):71-81 - Spear LP

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New pharmacotherapies for alcohol dependence

Med J Aust 2002 Jul 15;177(2):103-7 - Graham R, Wodak AD, Whelan G.

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Alcohol dependence: a public health perspective

Addiction 2002 Jun;97(6):633-45 - Caetano R, Cunradi C.

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Articles about treatments against tranquillizers

Toxicological interactions between alcohol and benzodiazepines

J Toxicol Clin Toxicol 2002;40(1):69-75 - Tanaka E.

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Addiction: Part I. Benzodiazepines--side effects, abuse risk and alternatives

Am Fam Physician 2000 Apr 1;61(7):2121-8 - Longo LP, Johnson B.

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International study of expert judgment on therapeutic use of benzodiazepines and other psychotherapeutic medications: IV. Therapeutic dose dependence and abuse liability of benzodiazepines in the long-term treatment of anxiety disorders

J Clin Psychopharmacol 1999 Dec;19(6 Suppl 2):23S-29S - Uhlenhuth EH, Balter MB, Ban TA, Yang K.

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Effectiveness and safety of benzodiazepines

J Clin Psychopharmacol 1999 Dec;19(6 Suppl 2):2S-11S - Moller HJ.

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Clinically significant pharmacokinetic drug interactions with benzodiazepines

J Clin Pharm Ther 1999 Oct;24(5):347-55 - Tanaka E.

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