Methamphetamine Cured my Cocaine Addiction.
Cocaine dependence is an enduring problem and years of research and drug development has yet to produce an efficacious pharmacotherapy. Recent clinical research suggests that chronic treatment with amphetamine-like medications produces tolerance to cocaine's reinforcing effects and may offer a viable pharmacotherapy. Three methamphetamine-dependent participants that had been in our clinical laboratory experiments and previously addicted to cocaine are reviewed. Data obtained from initial screen and informal conversation suggested that all participants considered methamphetamine to have helped them stop using cocaine and eliminate cocaine craving. Methamphetamine also significantly decreased their alcohol consumption but did not alter cannabis or nicotine use.
Baylor College of Medicine, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Colin N
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Haile
Richard
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De La Garza
Thomas F
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Newton