entry of 11 April 2003
Innsbruck addicted people were interviewed.
A turning point in addiction research has made a study of the Innsbruck University Clinic for Psychiatry, the survey of drug addicts. This provides new insights for the treatment of addiction, said Univ.-Prof. Gerald Zernig by the Department of Neurochemistry.
One can be so far assumed that the risk of drug addiction is higher, the faster it goes into the brain. As was erroneously assumed that someone will not be less addictive, if he smoked heroin for example, rather than inject it. Also on the addictive behavior and the effect of each drug they had gained new insights. Addiction researchers and therapists have the time periods, after which the addict feels again craving for the drug to two to three times over-or underestimated. A cocaine addict can feel, for example, after only 15 minutes later the request for the drug. For therapy this meant that the assistance must be adapted. The addict needs help so quickly, Salvatore Giacomuzzi declared a drug clinic in Innsbruck.
for the opioids morphine and heroin have been assumed that it is only in intensity, but differ in the type of effect. The survey among the 54 addicts have been shown to cause different effects. Each drug appears to have a characteristic reaction profile, that's what it is sought and used Zernig said. This was important for the therapy because the patient's needs are too easily recognizable, underlined Giacomuzzi.
is desirable in the therapy for Zernig the use of special substitution drugs. This will cause the patient is normally produced by the drug well-being, withdrawal symptoms off and make the additional intake of other drugs ineffective. (APA)
Source: http://www.psychologie.at/wissen/archiv.asp?bereich=4&menu=news&detail=1&newsid=690 (15/05/2007)
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