Pfizer’s new anti-smoking drug Chantix was given more unhappy news after a group’s report that it can have serious physical side effects. The Federal Aviation Administration banned Chantix use by pilots and air traffic controllers.
The report, from the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, states that hundreds of serious problems have been reported since Chantix was [...]
Due to the intoxicating effects marijuana possesses, it has been made illegal in most countries. But this very quality is due to the fact that it marijuana mimics the effects of chemicals that the brain already uses for many important functions. Brain mechanisms use cannabis like compounds called endocannabinoids to [...]
The effects of nicotine and opiates on the brain’s reward system are both equally strong and occur in central pleasure sensing portions of the brain (nucleus accumbens).
By looking at rat brain tissues, a remarkable overlap occurs between the effects of nicotine and opiates in dopamine signaling pathways in the brain’s pleasure and reward centers.the control [...]
