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Heroin : pharmacology, effects and abuse prevention / Michel B. Guthrie and Branden M. Wooten, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Substance abuse assessment, interventions and treatment seriesPublication details: [Hauppauge] New York : Nova Biomedical, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2012]Description: 1 online resource (x, 156 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781611222418
  • 1611222419
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Heroin.DDC classification:
  • 616.8632 23
LOC classification:
  • RM666.H35 H47 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
HEROIN ; HEROIN ; Contents; Preface; Opiate Receptors and Gender; Abstract; Introduction; Opiate Receptors; Classification of Opiate Receptors; Structure of Opiate Receptors; Sites and Mechanism of Opiates' Action; The Reward Sistem, Tolerance and Dependence; Localization of Opiate Receptors; Changes in Opiate Receptors' Density; Gender Differences in the Sensitivity to Opiates; The Influence of Sex Hormones on Opposite Genders' Sensitivity to Opiates; Gender Differences in the Distribution of Opiates in Experimental Animals' Brain Tissue and Blood; Conclusion; References.
2. Systemic Injections of Morphine during Unconditioned and Conditioning Tests3. Potential Mechanism of Morphine Action in the Brain of Crayfish; References; Dynamic Behaviour for Heroin Epidemic Models; Introduction; AMathematicalModeloftheOpiateusingCareeranditsParameters; TheBasicReproductionNumber, R0; SensitivityAnalysisofR0; StabilityofDrugFreeEquilibrium, R01; StabilityAnalysisofEndemicEquilibriumE (S, U 1,U 2)forR0>1; NumericalSimulations; Discussion; Modelwithdiscretedelay; DirectionofHopf-bifurcation; Discussion.
MathematicalModelBasicproperties; Invariantregion; Positivityofsolutions; Localstabilityofthedrugfreeequilibrium; Drugpersistentequilibrium; Existenceofthedrugpersistentequilibrium; GlobalStabilityofDrugFreeEquilibrium; LocalStabilityofDrugPersistentEquilibrium; NumericalSimulations; Discussion; Conclusions; References; Current Controversies in the Assessment and Treatment of Heroin Addiction*; Abstract; Heroin Dependence: Definition and Overview of the Syndrome; Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics; Models of Etiology; Biological Theories; Classical Conditioning; Psychodynamic Theories.
Family Functioning TheoriesSocioeconomic Theories; Summary and Conclusions; The Assessment of Opiate Addiction; Urine Toxicology Screens; ASI (And its Problems); Role of Personality; Treatment of Heroin Addiction; Methadone Maintenance Treatment; Controversies with Methadone Maintenance; The Dosage Controversy; Harm Reduction vs. Abstinence; Diversion; Detoxification; LAAM and its Aftermath; Buprenorphine; Naltrexone: Theory and Outcome; Assessing Client Outcomes; Heroin Maintenance?; References; Heroin Addiction in Pregnancy: Ongoing Demands and Actual Therapy Modalities*; Abstract.
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HEROIN ; HEROIN ; Contents; Preface; Opiate Receptors and Gender; Abstract; Introduction; Opiate Receptors; Classification of Opiate Receptors; Structure of Opiate Receptors; Sites and Mechanism of Opiates' Action; The Reward Sistem, Tolerance and Dependence; Localization of Opiate Receptors; Changes in Opiate Receptors' Density; Gender Differences in the Sensitivity to Opiates; The Influence of Sex Hormones on Opposite Genders' Sensitivity to Opiates; Gender Differences in the Distribution of Opiates in Experimental Animals' Brain Tissue and Blood; Conclusion; References.

2. Systemic Injections of Morphine during Unconditioned and Conditioning Tests3. Potential Mechanism of Morphine Action in the Brain of Crayfish; References; Dynamic Behaviour for Heroin Epidemic Models; Introduction; AMathematicalModeloftheOpiateusingCareeranditsParameters; TheBasicReproductionNumber, R0; SensitivityAnalysisofR0; StabilityofDrugFreeEquilibrium, R01; StabilityAnalysisofEndemicEquilibriumE (S, U 1,U 2)forR0>1; NumericalSimulations; Discussion; Modelwithdiscretedelay; DirectionofHopf-bifurcation; Discussion.

MathematicalModelBasicproperties; Invariantregion; Positivityofsolutions; Localstabilityofthedrugfreeequilibrium; Drugpersistentequilibrium; Existenceofthedrugpersistentequilibrium; GlobalStabilityofDrugFreeEquilibrium; LocalStabilityofDrugPersistentEquilibrium; NumericalSimulations; Discussion; Conclusions; References; Current Controversies in the Assessment and Treatment of Heroin Addiction*; Abstract; Heroin Dependence: Definition and Overview of the Syndrome; Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics; Models of Etiology; Biological Theories; Classical Conditioning; Psychodynamic Theories.

Family Functioning TheoriesSocioeconomic Theories; Summary and Conclusions; The Assessment of Opiate Addiction; Urine Toxicology Screens; ASI (And its Problems); Role of Personality; Treatment of Heroin Addiction; Methadone Maintenance Treatment; Controversies with Methadone Maintenance; The Dosage Controversy; Harm Reduction vs. Abstinence; Diversion; Detoxification; LAAM and its Aftermath; Buprenorphine; Naltrexone: Theory and Outcome; Assessing Client Outcomes; Heroin Maintenance?; References; Heroin Addiction in Pregnancy: Ongoing Demands and Actual Therapy Modalities*; Abstract.

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