Meetings & Conferences

Royal Society of Medicine / Royal College of Psychiatrists

Recent advances in the treatment of addiction were discussed at a meeting of the Royal Society of Medicine and the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Manchester on 8 November. Clare Bellingham (who is on the staff of The Pharmaceutical Journal) reports

Treating addiction: advances and trends An expected increasing prevalence of drug misuse has implications on targets set by the Government for treatment services, according to TIMOTHY MILLAR, research fellow, Drug Misuse Research Unit, University of Manchester...[more]

New treatments on the pharmacotherapeutic horizon Amphetamines and cocaine are the most widely used stimulants in the United Kingdom...[more]