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Wednesday, September 24, 2003Eight addicts who received the medicine daily for six weeks have been clean for more than two months, some for almost 90 days. Twelve addicts dropped out.All were volunteers in a study, published yesterday in the journal Synapse, that was conducted by scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York University School of Medicine and an addiction treatment clinic in Mexico ...."GVG reduces levels of dopamine, the 'feel-good' chemical that floods the brains of cocaine users, providing the 'high' they crave," said Dr. Frank Vocci, director of the national institute's treatment research. "Using GVG to temper the dopamine system may very effectively block the addiction-related effects of cocaine." Yet twelve out of twenty is a fairly large drop-out rate. What about side effects? Dewey said that the eight who remained have not complained of visual problems, but they have gained an average of 18 pounds. Oh, well, it doesn’t have a chance in the States. Our war on obesity is trumping everything else at the moment. Can’t have those skinny addicts putting on weight. posted by Sydney on 9/24/2003 06:23:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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