When most people hear the word addiction, they picture someone whose life has visibly unravelled. Yet addiction is often ...

Exenatide (Ex-4), a glucagonlike peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist currently used in the management of type 2 diabetes, could effectively treat drug addiction, including cocaine dependence, new ...

Types of drug addiction include alcohol, opioids, sedatives, stimulants, and tobacco. Substance abuse in the United States is one of the leading health conditions impacting millions of lives. Since ...

LABUAN: Synthetic drugs account for 83% of drug abuse cases recorded in the country, prompting the National Anti-Drugs Agency ...

A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn’t use a patch. He ...

Synthetic drugs account for 83 per cent of drug abuse cases recorded in the country, prompting the National Anti-Drugs Agency ...

Remarkable scientific progress over the past five decades has helped us develop knowledge of how drugs of abuse induce pleasure, reinforce use, and lead to the compulsive self-administration we call ...

For many people, the thought of a tasty burger or a cold pint of beer conjures up a vivid mental image and drives behaviour. This link between thinking and doing serves a clear function – it motivates ...

Synthetic drugs now account for 73% of all drug abuse cases in Malaysia, with amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) such as syabu ...