IU Study Finds Antibiotic That Stops Cocaine Withdrawals

Published June 19, 2013

IU Study Finds Antibiotic That Stops Cocaine Withdrawals
An antibiotic used to treat meningitis could also be used to treat cocaine addiction. When someone stop taking the drug, their body starts to release a chemical called glutamate. That sends signals to the brain, exciting the nervous system and causing … Read more on Indiana Public Media

How much cocaine can a honey bee take?
Here we examined whether adaptive responses to cocaine are also seen in invertebrates using the honey bee model system. Repeated topical treatment with a low dose of cocaine rendered bees resistant to the deleterious motor effects of a higher cocaine … Read more on Discover Magazine (blog)

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Psychologist Robert Hunter of Charter Hospital in Las Vegas has treated more problem gambling than anyone in the world. He calls video poker the “crack cocaine” of gambling because addiction sets in faster from video poker than any other forms of … Read more on Prairie Advocate