Researchers Find That Diabetes Drug Could Be Effective in Treating Addiction

Published October 23, 2012

Researchers Find That Diabetes Drug Could Be Effective in Treating Addiction
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
Vanderbilt researchers are reporting today that a drug currently used to treat type 2 diabetes could be just as effective in treating addiction to drugs, including cocaine. The findings, published online today as a Letter To The Editor in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, could have far-reaching implications for patients worldwide who suffer from addiction.
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Substance abuse diagnoses increasing in US
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Possibly driven by a surge in painkiller abuse, the number of drug and alcohol problems diagnosed by U.S. doctors increased by 70 percent between 2001 and 2009
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