Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Alcohol and Drug Use Disorders: Through the Stage Model and Back Again PMC
Levo-alpha acetylmethadol (LAAM) is an opioid agonist analog, which approved for the long-term maintenance of opiate dependence disorders by the FDA in 1993 [23]. Like methadone, LAAM has demonstrated effects to prevent opiate withdrawal and block the effects of heroin use. LAAM has low abuse potential, but its use is rare because of some findings […]