«Most licensed treatments are substitution therapies «such as methadone in
the case of heroin addiction «so they maintain the addicted state, but more safely,» says Dalley.
Not exact matches
Since opioid painkillers slow breathing and act on the same brain systems as
heroin, they carry serious risks
of overdose and, in rarer
cases,
addiction.
Serum glial cell line - derived neurotrophic factor levels and impulsivity in
heroin addiction: a cross-sectional,
case - control study
of 129
heroin addicts.