Drugs and Behavior: An Introduction to Behavioral PharmacologyThis student-friendly, accessible text provides students with a thorough introduction to the field of behavioral pharmacology and prepares them to analyze drug information from a variety of sources. The text describes impartially and scientifically the effects of drugs on behavior, and the various ways that behavior principles facilitate an understanding of both the actions of drugs and the way people use them. *Reviews the basic principles and concepts of pharmacology, psychology, and neurophysiology. *Uniform coverage of drug classes. *Provides an historical background for each drug and explains each drug's effect from subjective, behavioral, and neurological perspectives. *Introduces students to recent findings on withdrawal and abuse potential and describes the drug's harmful effects and methods of treatment. *Includes over 700 references to original research and review articles. |
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... methadone main- tenance use benzodiazepines ( often , to boost the effects of the methadone ) . Laboratory data also support the claim that diazepam will enhance the subjective and physiological effects of opi- ates ( Griffiths ...
... methadone main- tenance use benzodiazepines ( often , to boost the effects of the methadone ) . Laboratory data also support the claim that diazepam will enhance the subjective and physiological effects of opi- ates ( Griffiths ...
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... methadone becomes bound extensively to blood proteins and is not available for metab- olism . This long duration of action makes methadone ideal for maintenance therapies . At low doses , methadone is primarily excreted in the feces ...
... methadone becomes bound extensively to blood proteins and is not available for metab- olism . This long duration of action makes methadone ideal for maintenance therapies . At low doses , methadone is primarily excreted in the feces ...
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... methadone , and some simply refuse to enter methadone treatment . Many of these people re- port that LAAM " holds " better than methadone ( Ling et al . , 1994 ) . Some people believe that LAAM has the ca- pacity to change the face of ...
... methadone , and some simply refuse to enter methadone treatment . Many of these people re- port that LAAM " holds " better than methadone ( Ling et al . , 1994 ) . Some people believe that LAAM has the ca- pacity to change the face of ...
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Potency and Effectiveness | 5 |
Chapter | 8 |
Oral Administration | 12 |
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