Wiley Drug Discovery for the Treatment of Addiction: Medicinal Chemistry Strategies

From the Inside Flap Reveals the prominent role of medicinal chemistry in treating addictionWith addiction a key target for drug discovery efforts, this book fills an important and timely need for medicinal chemists who need to understand complex neuroscience issues. The author illustrates medicinal chemistry's prominent role in treating addiction and covers specific drugs of abuse including narcotics, stimulants, depressants, nicotine, and marijuana. Divided into two broad sections, the book first deals with general aspects of addiction, neuropharmacology, behavioural pharmacology, and drug development; and then delves more deeply into medication development. The book:Interprets complex neuro- biological and pharmacological information, like the drug-reward system, for medicinal chemistsEmphasizes neurotransmitters and neurochemical mechanisms of addictive drugsPulls together information on the many potential drug targets for treating addictionStresses unique medicinal chemistry problems when describing pharmacology testing methods and drug development A fascinating field of research with very real therapeutic outcomes, addiction deserves the attention of medicinal chemists. The author reduces this complex subject to where it is understandable to non-specialists and helps foster the kind of close working relationship between chemists and behavioural pharmacologists that is critical to effective drug development. Product Description With addiction a key target for drug discovery efforts, this book fills an important and timely need for medicinal chemists who need to understand complex neuroscience issues. The author illustrates medicinal chemistry's prominent role in treating addiction and covers specific drugs of abuse including narcotics, stimulants, depressants, nicotine, and marijuana.• Interprets complex neuro- biological and pharmacological information, like the drug-reward system, for medicinal chemists • Emphasizes neurotransmitters and neurochemical mechanisms of addictive drugs • Pulls together information on the many potential drug targets for treating addiction • Stresses unique medicinal chemistry problems when describing pharmacology testing methods and drug development From the Back Cover Reveals the prominent role of medicinal chemistry in treating addictionWith addiction a key target for drug discovery efforts, this book fills an important and timely need for medicinal chemists who need to understand complex neuroscience issues. The author illustrates medicinal chemistry's prominent role in treating addiction and covers specific drugs of abuse including narcotics, stimulants, depressants, nicotine, and marijuana. Divided into two broad sections, the book first deals with general aspects of addiction, neuropharmacology, behavioural pharmacology, and drug development; and then delves more deeply into medication development. The book:Interprets complex neuro- biological and pharmacological information, like the drug-reward system, for medicinal chemistsEmphasizes neurotransmitters and neurochemical mechanisms of addictive drugsPulls together information on the many potential drug targets for treating addictionStresses unique medicinal chemistry problems when describing pharmacology testing methods and drug development A fascinating field of research with very real therapeutic outcomes, addiction deserves the attention of medicinal chemists. The author reduces this complex subject to where it is understandable to non-specialists and helps foster the kind of close working relationship between chemists and behavioural pharmacologists that is critical to effective drug development. About the Author Brian S. Fulton is a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Northeastern University and has taught courses in organic chemistry, spectroscopy, and pharmaceutical sciences and has taught a one-semester course, Medicinal Chemistry of Psychiatric Drugs, at