The Carlat Psychiatry Podcast

Uncontrolled Misuse

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Oct 23, 2023
Discussing the increasing misuse of medications like bupropion, quatypine, and gabapentinoids, and the need to address this national crisis. Exploring the misuse of prescription medications, addiction as a chronic brain disease, and the criteria for defining addiction. Focusing on the misuse and abuse potential of commonly prescribed medications, including bupropion. Exploring the differences in anticholinergic effects, the abuse potential of certain drugs, and the spectrum of altered mental states.
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