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H Halbach

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Pharmacological approaches to the treatment of morphine-type dependence.

Of the two pharmacologically different possibilities of interfering with the processes of either tolerance or dependence of the morphine type, the so-called maintenance method commonly using methadone is predominantly a matter of tolerance, whereas the blockade with specific opiate antagonists such as cyclazocine intervenes in processes underlying dependence and withdrawal. The experimental evidence for these mechanisms is described.

Cyclazocine