As morphine turns 200, drug that blocks its side effects reveals new secrets
...hysicians had become increasingly aware of its own addictive properties. Ironically, C.R. Alder Wright, a chem...lly welcomed the new drug but soon recognized it's addictive potential. In 1913, Bayer halted production, edited the drug out of their official company history ...Neuroimaging confirms the greater vulnerability of women's brains to alcohol
...id Karl Mann, full professor in the department for addictive behavior and addiction medicine at the University of Heidelberg and first author of the study. "Women have generally not been considered in brain-imaging studies, or samples have not been large enough to differentiate between women and men. Convers...Once-a-month injectable medication helps treat alcohol dependence
...e an important treatment strategy for a variety of addictive disorders," the authors write....