Drug rehabilitation

Drug rehabilitation

The processes of medical and/or psychotherapeutic treatment for the dependency on alcohol or narcotic drugs.

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Somatosensory cortex

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A brain region that processes information coming from the muscles, joints, and skin.

Heroin

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The potent, widely abused opiate that produces a profound addiction. It consists of two morphine molecules linked together chemically.

Naloxone

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A short-acting opiate antagonist that binds to opiate receptors and blocks them, preventing opiates from binding to these receptors. Naloxone is used to treat opiate overdoses.

Diversion

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Taking legally prescribed medications (e.g., methadone, tranquilizers) and selling them illegally.

Studies of an experimental drug in which neither patient nor doctor knows whether the patient is receiving the experimental drug or some alternative (which might be a placebo if no treatment already ...

Cholinergic

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The adjective derived from acetylcholine. A neuron that contains acetylcholine is a cholinergic neuron.

Basal ganglia

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The large, complex set of brain structures involved in generating movements, in some cognitive functions, and in some emotional and motivational activities. The basal ganglia and the cerebral cortex ...