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Old 01-31-2008, 12:35 PM   #121 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by highway80west View Post
Has anybody read the article I posted a link for?
Yep, sure did. It sounds interesting, although:

1. It's not ready for FDA approval yet...

2. At this time, it's only addressing cocain addiction currently, although they hope in the future it may help with other addictions...

3. The claim is, it cuts down the 'high' from taking cocain, hoping that it'll wean people off that particular addiction...But it isn't designed to kill the crave for the drug, just reduce the drug of choice's high effectiveness?

So what is stopping someone from using more cocaine each time, to try and reach that goal of getting a high? The usual method of an addict is to do more of the chemical they are on, to get their high in the first place.

What's the figures for possible overdose by patients using this drug and overdosing from increased cocain use compared to more traditional handling of taking patients off of drug use?

Because it isn't the high that kills the addict, it's the chemical itself that's affecting the rest of the body of the addict that kills them...And if they are chasing a high from it's use...That means they very well could resort to using more to chase that high instead of weaning off.
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