Penn Medicine Points to New Ways to Prevent Relapse in Cocaine-Addicted Patients

Published April 5, 2014

Penn Medicine points to new ways to prevent relapse in cocaine-addicted patients
The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that 40 to 60 percent of addicted individuals will relapse, and in some studies the rates are as high as 80 percent at six months after treatment. … Researchers at Penn Medicine's Center for Studies of …
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'Killer heroin' causing fatal overdoses
''A very small amount can exert a very significant effect,'' said Eric Strain, director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and Research at Johns Hopkins University. … In western Pennsylvania, authorities said they have caused at least 22 deaths.
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