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Acamprosate

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Acamprosate, sold under the brand name Campral, is a medication used along with counselling to treat alcohol dependence. [1]

28 relations: Addiction, Addictive personality, Alcohol withdrawal syndrome, Alcoholism, ATC code N07, Bankole Johnson, Calcium carbimide, Delirium tremens, Disulfiram, Drug rehabilitation, Fomepizole, Forest Laboratories, Henri Paul, Homotaurine, Impulsivity, Joanna Moncrieff, Kindling (sedative–hypnotic withdrawal), List of drugs: Ac, List of investigational anxiolytics, List of psychiatric medications by condition treated, Mechanism of action, Molecular and epigenetic mechanisms of alcoholism, Naltrexone, Post-acute-withdrawal syndrome, Psychoactive drug, Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency, Taurine, Tinnitus.

Addiction

Addiction is a brain disorder characterized by compulsive engagement in rewarding stimuli despite adverse consequences.

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Addictive personality

An addictive personality refers to a particular set of personality traits that make an individual predisposed to developing addictions.

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Alcohol withdrawal syndrome

Alcohol withdrawal syndrome is a set of symptoms that can occur following a reduction in alcohol use after a period of excessive use.

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Alcoholism

Alcoholism, also known as alcohol use disorder (AUD), is a broad term for any drinking of alcohol that results in mental or physical health problems.

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ATC code N07

N07.

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Bankole Johnson

Bankole A. Johnson, DSc, MD, MPhil, FRCPsych (born 5 November 1959) is a licensed physician and board-certified psychiatrist throughout Europe and the United States who served as Alumni Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia.

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Calcium carbimide

Calcium carbimide, sold as the citrate salt under the trade name Temposil, is a disulfiram-like drug.

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Delirium tremens

Delirium tremens (DTs) is a rapid onset of confusion usually caused by withdrawal from alcohol.

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Disulfiram

Disulfiram (sold under the trade names Antabuse and Antabus) is a drug used to support the treatment of chronic alcoholism by producing an acute sensitivity to ethanol (drinking alcohol).

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Drug rehabilitation

Drug rehabilitation (often drug rehab or just rehab) is the processes of medical or psychotherapeutic treatment for dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and street drugs such as cocaine, heroin or amphetamines.

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Fomepizole

Fomepizole, also known as 4-methylpyrazole, is a medication used to treat methanol and ethylene glycol poisoning.

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Forest Laboratories

Forest Laboratories was a company in the pharmaceutical industry incorporated in Delaware, with its principal office in New York City.

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Henri Paul

Henri Paul (3 July 1956 – 31 August 1997) was the driver of the Mercedes S280 in which Diana, Princess of Wales, died on 31 August 1997.

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Homotaurine

Homotaurine (3-amino-1-propanesulfonic acid (3-APS) or tramiprosate (INN)) is a natural organic compound found in seaweed.

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Impulsivity

In psychology, impulsivity (or impulsiveness) is a tendency to act on a whim, displaying behavior characterized by little or no forethought, reflection, or consideration of the consequences.

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Joanna Moncrieff

Joanna Moncrieff is British psychiatrist and a leading figure in the Critical Psychiatry Network.

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Kindling (sedative–hypnotic withdrawal)

Kindling due to substance withdrawal refers to the neurological condition which results from repeated withdrawal episodes from sedative–hypnotic drugs such as alcohol and benzodiazepines.

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List of drugs: Ac

No description.

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List of investigational anxiolytics

This is a list of investigational anxiolytics, or anxiolytics that are currently under development for clinical use but are not yet approved.

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List of psychiatric medications by condition treated

This is a list of psychiatric medications used by psychiatrists and other physicians to treat mental illness or distress.

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Mechanism of action

In pharmacology, the term mechanism of action (MOA) refers to the specific biochemical interaction through which a drug substance produces its pharmacological effect.

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Molecular and epigenetic mechanisms of alcoholism

Alcoholism is a chronic disease characterized by trouble controlling the consumption of alcohol, dependence (needing to consume more to achieve the same effects), and withdrawal upon rapid cessation of drinking.

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Naltrexone

Naltrexone, sold under the brand names ReVia and Vivitrol among others, is a medication primarily used to manage alcohol or opioid dependence.

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Post-acute-withdrawal syndrome

Post-acute-withdrawal syndrome (PAWS) describe a set of persistent impairments that occur after withdrawal from alcohol, opiates, benzodiazepines, antidepressants and other substances.

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Psychoactive drug

A psychoactive drug, psychopharmaceutical, or psychotropic is a chemical substance that changes brain function and results in alterations in perception, mood, consciousness, cognition, or behavior.

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Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency

Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency (SSADHD), also known as 4-hydroxybutyric aciduria or gamma-hydroxybutyric aciduria, is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of the degradation pathway of the inhibitory neurotransmitter γ-aminobutyric acid, or GABA.

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Taurine

No description.

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Tinnitus

Tinnitus is the hearing of sound when no external sound is present.

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ATC code N07BB03, ATCvet code QN07BB03, Acamprosate calcium, Acetyl homotaurine, Acetylhomotaurinate, Acetylhomotaurine, Aotal, Campral, Campral(r), Campral®, N-acetyl homotaurine.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acamprosate

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