COMT Inhibitors Up Adherence to Opioid Maintenance Treatment

COMT Inhibitors Up Adherence to Opioid Maintenance Treatment
Previous research has shown that COMT inhibitors can help in the successful detoxification of buprenorphine, methadone, and other opiates, owing to their ability to help balance dopamine, which is central to the reward/dependence pathway that leads to …
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Parental substance abuse the main reason kids end up in foster care
Babies of women who used opiates often face withdrawal symptoms, too. Nationwide, the number of opiate-exposed newborns increased from 1.1 per 1,000 hospital births in 2000 to 5.6 per 1,000 hospital births in 2009, says Dr. Mo Bader, a neonatologist at …
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