Diabetes Drug Could Treat Illicit Drug Addiction

Diabetes drug could treat illicit drug addiction

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By Piriya Mahendra, medwireNews Reporter. Researchers have found that a drug currently used to treat Type 2 diabetes could treat addiction to drugs such as cocaine. Exendin-4 (Ex-4) is an analog of glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) and, under its synthetic …
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Diabetes Medication could Treat Drug Addiction

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New research from Vanderbilt has found that a drug commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes might help people addicted to drugs like cocaine. The new findings show that the part of the brain targeted by the medication appears to be related to certain …
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Could diabetes drug help treat those suffering from addiction?

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Researchers in Nashville announced Tuesday that a drug currently used to treat type 2 diabetes could be just as effective in treating addiction to drugs, including cocaine. The study was conducted at Vanderbilt, located just 100 miles north of Huntsville.
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Diabetes Drug Could Treat Addiction

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A drug currently used to treat type 2 diabetes could be effective in treating addiction to drugs, including cocaine, U.S. researchers say. The findings, published online as a letter to the editor in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, said Exendin-4 is …
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