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04-24-2006, 06:22 PM
Narcolepsy drug eyed for cocaine users
April 24, 2006
By LAURAN NEERGAARD
AP MEDICAL WRITER
WASHINGTON -- The hottest topic in cocaine addiction is another drug - a medicine already sold to wake up narcoleptics. Hundreds of cocaine users are testing whether that legal pill, called modafinil, could help them kick the addiction, and there's early evidence that it may.
In addition to blunting cocaine's notorious cravings, modafinil might also counter the damage that cocaine wreaks on users' brain circuits - damage that in turn fuels the cycle of addiction.
Read whole article (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/1500AP_HealthBeat_Kicking_Cocaine.html)
April 24, 2006
By LAURAN NEERGAARD
AP MEDICAL WRITER
WASHINGTON -- The hottest topic in cocaine addiction is another drug - a medicine already sold to wake up narcoleptics. Hundreds of cocaine users are testing whether that legal pill, called modafinil, could help them kick the addiction, and there's early evidence that it may.
In addition to blunting cocaine's notorious cravings, modafinil might also counter the damage that cocaine wreaks on users' brain circuits - damage that in turn fuels the cycle of addiction.
Read whole article (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/1500AP_HealthBeat_Kicking_Cocaine.html)