Could Diabetes Drug Help Treat Those Suffering From Addiction?

Published October 23, 2012

Could diabetes drug help treat those suffering from addiction?

Filed under: Cocaine Treatment News

Researchers in Nashville announced Tuesday that a drug currently used to treat type 2 diabetes could be just as effective in treating addiction to drugs, including cocaine. The study was conducted at Vanderbilt, located just 100 miles north of Huntsville.
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Motherhood may dilute effects of cocaine

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While rats and people are admittedly very different, research on rodents allows scientists to study brain chemistry and drug-related behavior in detail, and pave the way for translating those findings to human drug treatment. With drug use and abuse …
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Stroke cures Quebec man of his cocaine addiction

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"It tells us that these neurotransmitters that are triggered by cocaine can be blocked." One way of blocking those pathways might be via deep brain stimulation, or DBS, an experimental treatment that uses electrical currents to reset the brain. DBS is …
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