Improving the Quality of Substance Dependency Treatment with Pharmacotherapy
| Autor: | Beth K. Boyarsky, Elinore F. McCance-Katz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science) Quality Assurance Health Care Substance-Related Disorders Medicine (miscellaneous) Comorbidity Nicotine Cocaine-Related Disorders Pharmacotherapy Detoxification medicine Humans Psychiatry Intensive care medicine Psychotropic Drugs Substance dependence business.industry Mental Disorders Alcohol dependence Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Opioid-Related Disorders medicine.disease Combined Modality Therapy Alcoholism Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical research Opioid Smoking Cessation business medicine.drug Dependency (project management) |
| Zdroj: | Substance Use & Misuse. 35:2095-2125 |
| ISSN: | 1532-2491 1082-6084 |
| Popis: | This article provides an overview of current pharmacological treatments for alcohol, opioid, cocaine, and nicotine use disorders. Guidelines for a "patient-treatment" matching framework to physicians working with various "substance-abusing" patients are presented, as well as recommendations regarding when to initiate and discontinue pharmacotherapy. Standard and newer pharmacological treatments for substance dependence are reviewed, as well as therapies that may be especially useful when treating the patient with comorbid substance dependency and psychiatric disorders. To maximize the therapeutic benefits of substance dependency treatment, patients should be individually assessed and provided adjunctive medications as clinically indicated. Specific areas for future laboratory and/or clinical research are recommended. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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