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The UCLA SARx is dedicated to the discovery, development, and dissemination of effective medications for the treatment of addiction. We are part of the UCLA Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

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The UCLA Substance Abuse Pharmacotherapy Unit (SARx) is working to advance medical treatments for addiction through:

Research- including clinical trials of potential new anti-addiction medications for the treatment of methamphetamine dependence

Treatment Services- including medical treatment for addiction, with anti-addiction medications if appropriate, in confidential primary care clinic settings

Recent advances in scientific research have increased our understanding of the neurobiological basis of addiction.

As a result, addiction is now recognized as a chronic medical condition, with both biological/medical and psychological/social aspects, and new anti-addiction medications are now available, allowing addiction treatment to be integrated into mainstream medical care.

UCLA SARx is part of UCLA Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention based out of Los Angeles, California.

Read more about addiction:
Download our research papers
Drugs, Brains, and Behavior - The Science of Addiction