New drug may help recovering cocaine addicts, study shows
...e neurologic effects associated with acute cocaine abstinence (withdrawal), and that it blocks cocaine's stimulant effect. Nocaine is structurally similar to the popular antidepressant Paxil, although it acts on different neurotransmitters. "Our studies have shown that Nocaine would likely blunt the aversive ef...OTC sales of smoking cessation aids up, effectiveness down
...ghter smokers. Analysis of the duration of smoking abstinence in each of the study years indicated a significant effect for NRT use. However, in contrast to 1992 and 1996, the effect in 1999 was only short term; after about three months, the effect is about the same as for those who used no aids. The researche...For the first time, drug shows promise to help spit tobacco users quit
...tically significant. At a 24-week follow-up, the abstinence rates were the same for both the placebo and bupropion groups, about 29 percent, indicating that spit tobacco users may benefit from taking bupropion longer than 12 weeks. Results of this pilot study will be published in the August issue of the journ...Wake Forest researchers find brain region 'exquisitely' sensitive to alcohol
...ed sleep pattern in alcoholics continues even into abstinence following treatment. "There is a significant relationship between alcoholics returning to consumption because of this sleep issue." In other words, one reason they go back to drinking may be an attempt to make their sleep feel more normal, or satisfy...Less inflammation, better heart health in physically fit females
...e blood was taken after a 12-hour fast and 24-hour abstinence from exercise and smoking but before their treadmill tests. The researchers assessed CRP levels by race, fitness, obesity and waist size. They found that: CRP levels were 0.43 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) in African-American women, 0.25 mg...Pregnancy prevention programmes are ineffective
...ention programmes including sex education classes, abstinence programmes, family planning clinics, and community...g women. A separate analysis of five trials - four abstinence programmes and one school based sex education programme - were associated with an increase in number...New natural method of family planning over 95% effective in preventing pregnancy, study finds
...ecome pregnant. And millions more rely on periodic abstinence as their primary form of family planning, but do not have a clear understanding of which days in their cycle they should avoid unprotected intercourse," said Victoria Jennings, PhD, Georgetown professor of obstetrics and gynecology and principal inve...Long-term cognitive impairment found in crack-cocaine abusers
...ere given twicethe first time following 6 weeks of abstinence from drugs and again after 6 months of drug abstinence. The tests assessed the subjects attention span, decision-making, spatial processing, immediate and delayed memory, calculation ability, reaction time, verbal fluency, andpsychomotor skills. Both...Alcohol may hasten the progression of cancer
...hol consumption causes this effect; whether or not abstinence from alcohol might affect tumor progression/weight loss; and if leptin antagonists might increase chances of survival. "Other studies have shown that abnormal leptin levels also alter immune function," he said. "Yet alcohol-induced augmentation of l...The Lancet Oncology (TLO) and The Lancet Infectious Diseases (TLID)
...gone into finding drugs to treat hepatitis C, when abstinence from alcohol may be the most effective way of preventing disease progression. And the winner is... This months leading edge editorial discusses the gap between the alleged benefits of new pharmaceuticals, often launched amid a fanfare of publicity ...Smoking cessation success equally good with over-the-counter or prescription nicotine replacement
... the study, OTC NRT gum users generally had higher abstinence rates than prescription users. At six weeks, OTC ...nt. Similarly, OTC patch users had higher verified abstinence rates, 19.0 percent, at six weeks, compared to prescription patch users, 16.0 percent. At six month...Why heart transplant patients resume smoking revealed in University of Pittsburgh study
...art transplant patients. Leading the list: a short abstinence period before transplantation, bouts of depression or anxiety within a few months of the transplant and a caregiver who smokes. "Understanding which patients go back to smoking should help us design more effective intervention strategies to aggressiv...University of Pittsburgh transplant researchers present findings at international meeting
...ase the risk of relapse. Leading the list: a short abstinence period before transplantation, bouts of depression or anxiety within a few months of the transplant, and a caregiver who smokes. "Identifying who goes back to smoking should help us design more effective intervention strategies, not only for the tran...A few drinks a day do no harm to the alcoholic heart
... those who treat alcoholics. Many claim that total abstinence from alcohol is the only solution to treat alcohol-related diseases such as cirrhosis, cardiomyopathy and pancreatitis. Others, he says, believe that so-called moderate drinking - two to four drinks a day - may be okay. In the study, Dr. Rubin and ...New research shows even a single drug exposure can alter brain function
...ere a single exposure to cocaine after a period of abstinence can induce renewed drug-seeking behavior....Current interventions fall short for smoking cessation
...trategy may be particularly effective during early abstinence and in highly dependent smokers." The study was supported in part by the National Institute of Drug Abuse and the Medical Research Service of the Department of Veterans Affairs....Specifying alcohol-related brain damage in young women
...ge people, and their parents need to be aware that abstinence from alcohol may not necessarily reverse the negative changes caused by alcohol abuse. "It may pay off later to drink less now," she said....New antipsychotic drugs combined with nicotine patch help schizophrenics quit smoking
..., taking the more traditional drugs had maintained abstinence from nicotine. "Besides having the quit rates substantially elevated, we actually did an objective measure of smoking, checking carbon monoxide levels (a by-product of cigarette smoke), Schizophrenics and Smoking)and found a substantial reduc...Acupuncture is promising treatment for cocaine addiction, Yale researchers find
...ure treatment also had longer periods of sustained abstinence compared to participants in the control groups. "Additional benefits of acupuncture include its low cost, and that it seems to have few, if any, adverse side effects," Margolin said. The study included 82 participants who were addicted to both he......percent, who quit without the CQP. Specifically, abstinence rates at six and 12 weeks among the 3,627 smokers ...nd 17.7 percent, respectively). While the smoking abstinence rates dropped from six to 12 weeks, the people using CQP still had significantly higher success. Bas...