methamphetamine [meth″am-fet´ah-mēn] a central nervous systemstimulantandpressordrug, used as the hydrochloride salt in the treatment ofattention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Abuse may lead to dependence. See alsoamphetamine. Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Alli...
Long term abuse of amphetamines results in adaptive mechanisms like sensitization or desensitization in conditioning and learning processes resulting in severe dependences of amphetamine type. The different methamphetamine/amphetamine-induced psychic, somatic and social consequences and adverse effects including ...
Primary care physicians treating HIV-infected patients should not be afraid or reluctant to engage in medication-assisted treatment for substance dependence. Effective medications are available for many types of substance addictions, including buprenorphine for opioid dependence, disulfiram for cocaine dependen...
The article reports on a study conducted by Ronald Swartz exploring therapeutic use of marijuana as a component of substance abuse treatment for alcohol, methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and other drugs of abuse in the U.S.EBSCO_AspData the Brown University Digest of Addiction Theory & ...
A multi-site comparison of psychosocial approaches for the treatment of methamphetamine dependence Aims聽 The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) Methamphetamine Treatment Project (MTP) is the largest randomized clinical trial of treatments for m... - 《Addiction》 被引量: 457发表: 2004年 ...
A nearly decade-long study by UCLA researchers found that substance abuse treatment of any kind may help to reduce methamphetamine usage among men who have sex with other men—a population that has been disproportionately impacted by the U.S. methamphetamine crisis in recent years. ...
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2. any of a group of drugs closely related to this substance and having similar actions, such as methamphetamine and dextroamphetamine. See also drug abuse and drug dependence. Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders...
While methamphetamine use in the early 1990s was primarily a problem in the Western United States, the past 15 years have seen it spread across the country. In 1992, 5 states reported high rates of treatment admissions (i.e., >24 per 100,000 population) for primary methamphetamine/amphetamine...
a volatile, flammable liquid with a pungent ethereal odor. It is administered by inhalation for the treatment ofcyanide poisoning, producingmethemoglobinwhich bindscyanide, and as a diagnostic aid in tests of reserve cardiac function and diagnosis of certainheart murmurs. It is abused to produce eu...