Combination of two drugs has shown promise as a potential therapy to fight cocaine addiction, say researchers. In laboratory experiments at The Scripps Research Institute, the potential therapy, which combines low doses of the drug naltrexone with the drug buprenorphine, made laboratory rats less likely to take cocaine compulsively-a standard preclinical test that generally comes before human trials. While the two-drug combination would have to ...Thursday, 9 August 2012
2-Drug Combination to Fight Cocaine Addiction
Combination of two drugs has shown promise as a potential therapy to fight cocaine addiction, say researchers. In laboratory experiments at The Scripps Research Institute, the potential therapy, which combines low doses of the drug naltrexone with the drug buprenorphine, made laboratory rats less likely to take cocaine compulsively-a standard preclinical test that generally comes before human trials. While the two-drug combination would have to ...
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