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[Pharmacological treatment of substance dependence from a neuroscientific perspective (II): alcohol, benzodiazepines and nicotine].

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: The second part of this review deals with those neuroscientific aspects specific to the development and maintenance of dependence of three substances, two legal drugs (alcohol and tobacco) and a group of medications with abuse potential, benzodiazepines. Based on this context, the different pharmacological treatments of alcohol dependence, both related to detoxification and dehabituation, are discussed first. Treatment of the benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome, together with the most outstanding aspects in the recent literature on relapse prevention, are reviewed. The publications on the treatment of nicotine dependence, both on replacement therapies and on bupropion, are analyzed. Finally, a critical reflection of the sources used to conduct this two-part review is done.

Source: Actas Españolas de Psiquiatría

Authors: G Haro, G Cervera, J Martinez-Raga, B Pérez-Gálvez, M Fernandez-Garcés, J Sanjuan

Institutions: Universitat de València, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia

Language: Spanish

Topic: Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W149354345

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Cites: 38

Cited by: 2

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