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02-10-2006, 12:10 AM
Antipsychotic Drug May Block Addiction, University of Illinois at Chicago Researchers Find
Tue Feb 7 2006
CHICAGO, Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered that a long-approved oral antipsychotic drug can stop the addictive properties of opioid painkillers in mice.
The researchers injected a small dose (half a milligram) of trifluoperazine -- used in the treatment of mental diseases such as schizophrenia -- into laboratory mice hooked on morphine. After a few hours their addiction was gone, said Z. Jim Wang, assistant professor of pharmacology in the UIC College of Pharmacy.
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Tue Feb 7 2006
CHICAGO, Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered that a long-approved oral antipsychotic drug can stop the addictive properties of opioid painkillers in mice.
The researchers injected a small dose (half a milligram) of trifluoperazine -- used in the treatment of mental diseases such as schizophrenia -- into laboratory mice hooked on morphine. After a few hours their addiction was gone, said Z. Jim Wang, assistant professor of pharmacology in the UIC College of Pharmacy.
Read Whole Article (http://newswire.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20060207.120615&time=13%2017%20PST&year=2006&public=0)