The main objective in alcoholism therapy is to achieve and maintain abstinence and to prevent relapse. Pharmacotherapy may be necessary in treating persons who are not helped by group or psychosocial support alone. Among the substances experimented with in the past few years, gamma-hydroxybutyric ac
Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid in the treatment of alcohol and heroin dependence
โ Scribed by Luigi Gallimberti; Maurizio Raffaele Spella; Carlo Alberto Soncini; Gian Luigi Gessa
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 60 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0741-8329
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Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, an endogenous compound present in mammalian brain and supposed to be a neurotransmitter or neuromodulator, has been shown to affect several aspects of dependence from some drugs of abuse. It has been successfully used in clinical practice to alleviate both alcohol and opia