Book chapter
Pharmacodynamic Evaluation: Drug Dependency and Addiction
Drug Discovery and Evaluation: Methods in Clinical Pharmacology, pp.127-161
Springer International Publishing
07/07/2020
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-68864-0_49
Abstract
The intake of psychoactive substances has accompanied mankind since the dawn of human race. Different psychoactive substances have been extracted and synthesized in human history, and their pharmacodynamic properties have been studied thoroughly. This chapter presents the current knowledge on the pharmacodynamic profile of the most common illicit and recreational drugs and their influence on drug dependency and addiction. The substances with abuse potential grow exponentially. Our clinical and practical knowledge has still a long way to go in catching up with these realities. The dynamic interactions between different drugs observed in vitro cannot be fully replicated in vivo. We rely on randomized clinical trials, case reports, and own clinical experience with patients. Different clinical scenarios could provide further evidence and hypotheses regarding the sought and adverse effects of substances, their interactions with legal drugs and medications, and their impact on different stages of metabolism. In this chapter we attempted to summarize the available reliable data and suggest some ideas for future observation and research.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Pharmacodynamic Evaluation: Drug Dependency and Addiction
- Creators
- V. Tenev - University of IowaM. Nikolova - Medical University
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Drug Discovery and Evaluation: Methods in Clinical Pharmacology, pp.127-161
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-68864-0_49
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing; Cham
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/07/2020
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry
- Record Identifier
- 9984296251702771
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