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Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medications (DrugFacts)

Published Jun 2009. Revised May 2012.
Provides an overview of commonly abused prescription drugs—opioids, central nervous system depressants, and stimulants—and explains how they affect the brain, treatments available, and reported use. En Español

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Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction (Topics in Brief)

Published Apr 2012. 

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Medications Development at NIDA (Topics in Brief)

Revised Nov 2011.
Offers an update on the research strategy underway in the push to develop effective addiction medications, including currently approved drugs, new compounds, and vaccines.

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Commonly Abused Prescription Drugs Chart

Published Sep 2002. Revised Oct 2011.
Offers a list prescription drugs commonly abused, including depressants, opioids and morphine derivatives, and stimulants, and provides their common and street names, how they are generally administered, and their potential health effects.

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Prescription Drugs: Abuse and Addiction (Research Reports)

Published Jul 2001. Revised Oct 2011.
Examines the non-medical use of prescription drugs-opioids, central nervous system depressants, and stimulants-describing adverse health effects of their use and the prevention and treatment of addiction. En Español

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Treatment Approaches for Drug Addiction (DrugFacts)

Revised Sep 2009.
Describes research findings on effective medication and behavior treatment approaches for drug abuse and addiction and discusses special considerations for the criminal justice setting. En Español

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Opiates (Mind Over Matter)

Published Jan 1997. Revised Jan 2009.
Describes how opiates, such as Vicodin, morphine, heroin, and codeine, affect the brain, the nervous system, and the limbic system, which controls emotions. En Español

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The Brain & the Actions of Cocaine, Opiates, and Marijuana (Teaching Packets)

Revised Jan 2007.
The first in a 5-part series, offers an understanding of the brain, how the reward center works, and what happens in the brain when a person uses cocaine, opiates (heroine), or marijuana.

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Buprenorphine: Treatment for Opiate Addiction Right in the Doctor's Office (Topics in Brief)

Revised Aug 2006.
Provides an update on buprenorphine, an effective treatment for opioid addiction, explaining how it helps patients quite opioid addiction and the efforts underway to engage community treatment providers.

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Heroin: Abuse and Addiction (Research Reports)

Published Oct 1997. Revised May 2005.
Offers the latest scientific information on heroin abuse, exploring the health and medical consequences of its use, maternal heroin abuse, and treatment options for heroin addiction. En Español

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