By 1968, the drug was illegal a bad decision, thinks Dr. Sessa: "Ever since then research has been difficult and the authorities have found themselves embroiled in an unwinnable drug war, which has served only to fund the mafia, criminalize otherwise law-abiding drug users, and, crucially, hamper all research into these safe and efficacious substances".
Moreover, if Descartes is playing Aquinas, in modern dress, then as Henry of Ghent we can cast Malebranche, who argues that "All our ideas must be located in the efficacious substance of the Divinity, which alone is intelligible or capable of enlightening us, because it alone can affect intelligences" (Search after Truth, p. 232).
Given such inability to draw conclusions with respect to universal resilience interventions and studies suggesting an association exists between resilience and substance use, there is a need to examine whether more specifically defined universal resilience interventions are efficacious in reducing substance use by adolescents.
In criticising papers which recently appeared in Homeopathy, Leick claims that no double blind randomised clinical trials (DBRCTs) show that homeopathy is efficacious, and that specific effects of substances diluted beyond Avogadro's limit are implausible.
In which case the threshold question is: are these substances as safe and efficacious as others already approved?
This article introduces the special issue on contingency management (CM), an efficacious intervention for the treatment of substance use disorders with low uptake in clinical settings that is not commensurate with evidence for efficacy.
The development of efficacious and safe psychotropic medications based on naturally occurring substances used in non-allopathic healing traditions would represent a significant contribution to global mental health care.
In adults, fluoxetine appears to be efficacious in the treatment of adults with MDD and comorbid substance use disorders.
RCTs to date do not provide sufficient evidence for using treatment supporters and DOT ART to improve adherence among general populations; however, these strategies may be efficacious for certain populations such as children, HIV TB patients, and substance abusers.
Here, we demonstrate the use of a natural substance based on aqueous cinnamon extract (CEppt) as an efficacious therapeutic agent that inhibits Aβ oligomer formation and ameliorates AD symptoms.
Here, we have identified a novel herbal substance, based on aqueous cinnamon extract (CEppt) that can serve as an efficacious inhibitor of both the oligomerization and fibrillization of Aβ in vitro and in vivo.
