Provides information on the proposed drugs for cocaine addiction treatment in the United States. Prevalence of cocaine users in the country; Mechanism of action of cocaine; Effectiveness of dopamine D3 partial agonists in treating addiction; Clinical trials on the proposed drugs....
Opioid addiction treatment implant.Braeburn Pharmaceuticals Dr. Richard Rosenthal of New York's Mount Sinai Hospital oversaw the clinical trials. "A new weapon in our armament to fight drug addiction," he said. "The risk for relapse is reduced because you're not going to miss a dose you're...
A pile of cocaine hydrochloride. Credit: DEA Drug Enforcement Agency, public domain A team of researchers led by Cardiff University has discovered a promising new drug treatment for cocaine addiction. Theexperimental therapy, which involves administering adrugcurrently used in cancer therapy trials, tre...
commented: "Drug addiction is very poorly treated at present so this potential novel approach is very welcome. An important next step is to see if MLA blocks relapse to other abused drugs. We already have evidence, in the same animal model, that it is effective against the more potent opio...
RockBridge Treatment and Recovery's facility in Buffalo sits on 80 acres northwest of the metro and can hold 40 beds. They're ready to help those in need. "For some people, it's either they get help, or they don't, because they know that everything is on the line," said Jeff ...
The battle for opioid addiction treatment is not going well. A fentanyl vaccine may be a new tool in preventing opioid addiction and death.
Currently, many health professionals believe bariatric surgery is the treatment of choice for obesity. There is an urgent need to develop effective treatments for overeating, obesity, and food addiction. Evidence of similarities between overconsumption of certain foods and substance addiction is growing,...
In patients with true RHT, the recommended treatment strategy should include the prescription of appropriate and strict lifestyle measures, optimization of the antihypertensive therapies (triple fixed combination strategy should be preferred), and the addiction of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists, mostly...
Harvard scientists have developed the fullest picture yet of how neurons in the brain interact to reinforce behaviors ranging from learning to drug use, a finding that might open the door to possible breakthroughs in the treatment of addiction. ...
New research provides fresh insight into how the brain processes reward and punishment, opening new avenues for developing treatment of conditions ranging from anxiety to addictive behaviors such as drug abuse. The study, published in the journaleLife, used arodent modelto identify a specific network...