Advances in drug treatment

Auditorium II
In programme
Wednesday, 23 October, 2024 - 10:50 to 12:20
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About

This session will present research on various drug treatment interventions, including non-invasive brain stimulation for addiction to psychoactive stimulants, interventions targeting concurrent benzodiazepine and opiate use, and agonist therapy for methamphetamine dependence.

Chair

Marsden
John
Professor of Addiction Psychology
King's College London

Type

Oral presentation session

Tracks

Open track

Keywords

Psychostimulants
Basic research
Neuroscience
Treatment
Europe
Clinical research/practice
Risky behaviours
Overdose
Oceania
Toxicology and forensic analysis

Presentations

Wednesday, 23 October

10:50

Oral presentation

Managing Benzodiazepine Dependence and High-Risk Use with Opiates: A feasibility study of a Co-produced Intervention

10:50 to 12:20
Auditorium II
Catriona Matheson

Oral presentation

Treatment of benzodiazepine withdrawal through taper dosing is most successful when it lasts less than 6 months.

10:50 to 12:20
Auditorium II
Alert Drishti

Oral presentation

The effectiveness of naloxone in reversing opioid overdose: The European naloxone outcome research study (NalPORS)

10:50 to 12:20
Auditorium II
Nicola Metrebian

Oral presentation

Lisdexamfetamine in the treatment of methamphetamine dependence, a randomised controlled trial

10:50 to 12:20
Auditorium II
Nadine Ezard
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