Experimental medication helps treat cocaine addiction

Cocaine crystals that are displayed through a microscope

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The experimental drug that targets the bonuses of the brain helps people addicted to cocaine reduce drug use – and can treat other drug abuse as well.

Medicines are available to treat alcohol addiction and the disorder of the use of opiates, but none of them have been approved for stimulant addiction such as cocaine and metamafitamine. These medications contribute to nearly half of everyone The death of an overdose In the United States. He says: “That is why this is a non -giant medical need,” he says. Ricardo DelmanicFounder of Beemigero Bio, a California -based pharmaceutical company.

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