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Pharmacogenetic treatments for drug addiction: alcohol and opiates.
The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse - 1 Jan 2008
Haile Colin N, Kosten Therese A, Kosten Thomas R
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AIMS: Psychiatric pharmacogenetics involves the use of genetic tests that can predict the effectiveness of treatments for individual patients with mental illness such as drug dependence. This review aims to cover these developments in the pharmacotherapy of alcohol and opiates, two addictive drugs for which we have the majority of our FDA approved pharmacotherapies. METHODS: We conducted a literature review using...
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