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DSM-V Draft Includes Major Changes to Addictive Disease Classifications
“The term dependence is misleading, because people confuse it with addiction, when in fact the tolerance and withdrawal patients experience are very normal responses to prescribed medications that affect the central nervous system,” said Charles O'Brien, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the APA's DSM Substance-Related Disorders Work Group via DSM-V Draft Includes Major Changes to... »
Managing Heroin Detox Opiate Withdrawal Symptoms Suboxone
Whereas drugs like morphine, heroin and methadone are opioid receptor agonist – meaning they fully bind opioid receptors – Suboxone® (buprenorphine) is a partial opioid receptor agonist. This gives Suboxone® the ability to relieve even the acute symptoms of opiate withdrawal without producing the euphoria (high) of the full agonist drugs like oxycontin, heroin,... »