The End of My Addiction

(DSM-IV)
    diazepam (Valium); side effects of; for withdrawal symptom control
    disulfiram (Antabuse)
    dopamine
    “drunk dreams,”
    Durieux, Bruno
    Durup, Jean
    dysphoria; GHB deficiency and; withdrawal; see also anxiety; depression
     
    eating disorders, see binge eating
    Effexor XR
    encephalopathy, Wernicke’s
    epilepsy
    European Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ESBRA)
     
    Faure, Edgar
    fentanyl
    fluoxetine (Prozac)
    fluvoxamine (Luvox)
    Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
    Fouquet, Pierre
    French-American Chamber of Commerce
    French Ministry of Education
    French Ministry of Justice
    French National Council of the Order of Physicians
    Freud, Sigmund
     
    Gache, Pascal
    Gadaud, André
    gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA); receptor agonists, see baclofen gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGTP)
    gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB)
    Gardner, Eliot L.
    Geneva, University Hospitals of
    genomic imprinting
    George, D. T.
    Gerkin, R.
    Gessa, Gian Luigi
    Glass, Richard
    glutamate
    Grant, Bridget F.
    group therapy
     
    Hacquard, Georges
    Hadengue, Antoine
    Hallberg, Jon
    haloperidol
    “HALT” (Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired) states fostering craving
    heart disease, asymptomatic
    Heilig, Markus
    hemopneumothorax
    hepatitis
    heroin
    High Watch Farm
    Holocaust
    Hôpital Cochin
    Hôpital Lariboisière
    Hôpital Paul Guiraud
    hypnosis
     
    impulse disorders
    insomnia
    insula
    Iowa, University of
    Israeler, Steve (cousin)
     
    Johnson, B. A.
    Jones, R. F.
    Jung, Carl
     
    Kemstro, see baclofen
    Khuri, Elizabeth
    Kligfield, Paul
    Koob, George
    Krupitsky, E. M.
     
    Laborit, Henri
    Lance, J. W.
    Laragh, John
    L-dopa
    “learned nervousness,”
    Legion of Honor
    Lemerle, J.-P.
    Le Moal, Michel
    Lenox Hill Hospital
    limbic system
    Lioresal, see baclofen liver disease; see also cirrhosis
    Luvox, see fluvoxamine LY686017
     
    Mardin, Arif
    Martin, Colin
    Marworth rehab facility
    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
    meprobamate
    Meshaka, Gilbert
    metadoxine
    methamphetamine
    metoclopramide
    Michigan, University of
    Midler, Bette
    Mitterand, François
    monoamine oxidase (MAO)
    mood disorders; see also depression
    Moroz, Georges
    morphine
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine
    multiple sclerosis
     
    nadolol
    naltrexone (Depade, Revia, Vivitrol); animal studies of; FDA approval of; injectable form of; proposed study of baclofen combined with; randomized trials of
    Naqvi, Nasir
    Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
    National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions; National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
    Nava, Felice
    Nazis
    Necker Hospital
    neurobiology
    neurotransmission; see also specific neurotransmitters New York Hospital; admission for acute withdrawal to
    New York Medical Society, Committee for Physician Health (CPH)
    New York State Office of Professional Medical Conduct (OPMC)
    nicotine
    Northwestern University
    Novartis
     
    O’Brien, Charles
    obsessive-compulsive disorders
    off-label prescribing
    ondansetron (Zofran)
    outpatient alcoholism programs
     
    panic disorder; baclofen for
    Papo, Thomas
    Paris, University of
    parkinsonism
    paroxetine
    Pasche, Boris
    Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic
    Pedersen, E.
    Pennsylvania, University of
    personality disorders
    pharmaceutical companies
    phenobarbitol
    Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital
    pneumothorax
    polyaddiction
    positron emission tomography (PET) scans
    Posner, Jerome B.
    post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
    preaddiction morbidity
    prescription painkillers, abuse of
    Programme Hospitalier de Recherche Clinique (PHRC)
    Prozac, see fluoxetine psychotherapy; see also cognitive behavioral therapy; group therapy
     
    Rational Recovery (RR)
    Recognizing Addiction as a Disease Act (2007)
    rehab; “drunk dreams” in; life lessons taught in; relaxation training in; see also specific facilities
    relapse; anticipatory anxiety of; conventional addiction medications and; cycle of rehab and; “drunk dreams” and; rate of; reducing risk of
    relaxation exercises
    Revel, Michel
    Revia, see naltrexone reward mechanisms
    rhabdomyolysis
    ribs, fractured
    rimonabant (Acomplia)
    Roberts, David C.
    Rockefeller University
    Rosenthal, Moriz
    Rubinstein, Artur
    Rubinstein, Helena
    Rudrauf, David
     
    Sabril, see vigabatrin
    Saint-Cloud Hospital
    St. Luke’s–Roosevelt Hospital
    Sanofi
    Schaefer, John
    Schanz family
    schizophrenia
    seizures
    selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors