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Addiction Medicine
Controversial drug shown to act on brain protein to cut alcoholism
February 21st, 2005
A naturally occurring hallucinogen advocated by some clinicians as a potent anti-addiction drug has been rigorously studied for the first time, confirming its ability to block alcohol craving in rodents and clarifying how it works in the brain. The new research findings about the drug ibogaine open the way for development of other drugs to reverse addiction without ibogaine's side effects, potentially adding to the small arsenal of drugs that effectively combat addiction. Derived from a West African shrub, ibogaine has been championed for years by a cadre of clinicians and drug treatment advocates impressed with its ability to reverse withdrawal...
Source: Pain & Central Nervous System Week (2005-02-21)
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