The modern theory of addiction holds that drug and alcohol dependence both results from and causes disease of the brain, characterized by altered brain structure and function. The American Medical ...
Addiction changes people’s lives forever. But behind the stories of substance abuse are also those who managed to break out of it and see the brighter side of things. Whatever the reason for turning ...
A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn’t use a patch. He ...
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