Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Principles
Anne Zajicek, MD, PharmD, FAAP, and Lori D. Karan, MD, FACP, FASAM CHAPTER6 Addiction medicine is the application of pharmacologic principles to drugs of abuse. Drugs of abuse are used…
Pharmacologic Interventions for Tobacco Dependence
Summary by Robbie Bahl, MD, and Abigail J. Herron, DO CHAPTER53 Based on “Principles of Addiction Medicine” Chapter by Richard D. Hurt, MD, FASAM, Jon O. Ebbert, MD, J. Taylor…
Management of Sedative–Hypnotic Intoxication and Withdrawal
Summary by Joseph Samuel Insler, MD CHAPTER44 Based on “Principles of Addiction Medicine” Chapter by William E. Dickinson, DO, FASAM, FAAFP, ABAM, and Steven J. Eickelberg, MD, FASAM SEDATIVE–HYPNOTIC INTOXICATION…
Legal and Regulatory Considerations in Opioid Prescribing
David Copenhaver, MD, MPH, Wesley Prickett, MD, and Scott M. Fishman, MD CHAPTER99 INTRODUCTION The American Institute of Medicine, in a landmark report entitled Relieving Pain in America, estimated that…
Substance-Induced Mental Disorders
Christine Youdelis-Flores, MD, R. Jeffrey Goldsmith, MD, DLFA PA, FA SAM, and Richard K. Ries, MD, FA PA, FA SAM CHAPTER85 Substance-induced psychiatric disorders are difficult to distinguish from traditional…
Co-Occurring Addictive Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Frances Rudnick Levin, MD, and John J. Mariani, MD CHAPTER89 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ADHD AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is highly prevalent in child and adolescent populations,…
The Pharmacology of Marijuana
Sandra P. Welch, PhD, and Robert Malcolm, MD CHAPTER13 SUBSTANCES INCLUDED Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the major psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, first was isolated and purified in 1965. More than 400 chemicals…
Enhancing Motivation to Change
Summary by Mirela Feurdean, MD, FACP CHAPTER55 Based on “Principles of Addiction Medicine” Chapter by James O. Prochaska, PhD Change is a process that unfolds over time through a series…
Endocrine and Reproductive Disorders Related to Alcohol and Other Drug Use
Summary by Nicole Guanci, MD, and Rashi Aggarwal, MD CHAPTER82 Based on “Principles of Addiction Medicine” Chapter by Alan Ona Malabanan, MD, FACE The effects of alcohol and other drugs…
Special Issues in Treatment: Women
Joan E. Zweben, PhD CHAPTER35 EPIDEMIOLOGY Several large-scale epidemiologic studies document gender differences in the use of alcohol and almost all other drugs, with higher rates found in men. However,…
