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Morphine Therapy

Studies in the area of morphine therapy reported from L.Y. Wu and co-researchers

Published in Mental Health Law Weekly, February 20th, 2010

"Co-administration of dextromethorphan (DM) with morphine during pregnancy and throughout lactation has been found to reduce morphine physical dependence and tolerance in rat offspring. No evidence was presented, however, for the effect of DM co-administered with morphine during pregnancy on morphine-induced reward and behavioral sensitization (possibly related to the potential to induce morphine addiction) in morphine-exposed offspring," scientists in Taipei, Taiwan report.

"Conditioned place preference and locomotor activity tests revealed that the p60 male offspring of chronic morphine-treated female rats were more vulnerable to morphine-induced reward and behavioral...

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