The Development of Medications for the Treatment of Opiate and Cocaine Addictions: Issues for the Government and Private Sector

by Catharyn T. Liverman and Carolyn E. Fulco

Pharmacotherapy, as a means of treating drug addiction in combination with other treatment modalities, has received too little attention from the research community, the pharmaceutical industry, public health officials, and the federal government. Medications to combat drug addiction could have an enormous impact on the medical consequences and socioeconomic problems associated with drug abuse, both for drug-dependent individuals and for American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309052440
• ISBN13: 9780309052443
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"