Attention And Working Memory In Recovering Alcoholics May Be Enhanced By Nicotine

* Alcoholics in early recovery tend to have impaired cognitive functioning. * Nicotine is known to have beneficial effects under certain circumstances. * New findings show that nicotine patches may enhance cognitive functioning among newly recovering alcoholics with a history of smoking. Detoxified alcoholics in the early stages of recovery tend to have impaired cognitive functioning. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs on December 2nd, 2007