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Socioeconomic Determinants of Drugged Driving – a Register-Based Study

Abstract Aims  To examine the associations between socioeconomic characteristics and driving under the influence of drugs (DUID), and to elaborate determinants of drugged driving.

Are the effects of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) treatment partly physiological in alcohol dependence?

Authors: Ameisen O It has been hypothesized that the therapeutic effects of Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) in alcohol dependence could be related to ethanol-mimicking action of the drug and that GHB could reduce alcohol craving, intake and withdrawal by acting as a “substitute” of the alcohol in the central nervous system.

Are the effects of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) treatment partly physiological in alcohol dependence?

Authors: Ameisen O It has been hypothesized that the therapeutic effects of Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) in alcohol dependence could be related to ethanol-mimicking action of the drug and that GHB could reduce alcohol craving, intake and withdrawal by acting as a “substitute” of the alcohol in the central nervous system. Nevertheless, alcohol being the strongest trigger of craving and intake, it is difficult to ascribe reduction of craving and intake to ethanol-mimicking activity of GHB