W hen methadone was first proposed for the treatment of heroin addiction, it sounded like a pointless gambit — sort of like substituting vodka for gin. That’s enabling addicts, critics said, not helping them. But over the years, maintenance treatment with methadone and other synthetic opiates like buprenorphine has proved successful — more than any other heroin-addiction therapy — in getting people off illicit drugs and lowering HIV transmission rates, crime and death among users. That success, in part, has got researchers wondering whe ...
Find out about the help available if you want to stop using cocaine, crack and other stimulants, such as amphetamines.
Topical cocaine is sometimes used as a local numbing agent and vasoconstrictor to help control pain and bleeding with surgery of the nose, mouth, throat or lacrimal duct. Although some...
Table of Contents ; Knowing how to help a friend, family member, peer, or coworker with an addiction to cocaine is difficult. Addiction can take a serious toll on relationships, making a conversation about addiction treatment even more challenging. While this type of intervention can be uncomfortable, it is worthwhile, and it can initiate treatment and recovery for the person you care about. In this article, we’ll talk about cocaine addiction and statistics, signs and symptoms that a loved one...
Nocaine, a new drug developed through Georgetown University Medical Center's Drug Discovery Program may help cocaine addicts withdraw from their habit in much the same way that methadone helps hero...
Cocaine Anonymous (CA) is a network of self-help groups for addiction to cocaine, crack, and other stimulants.
Scientists have long known that cocaine works by latching on to molecular connectors on the surface of brain cells, allowing dopamine, a chemical that promotes feelings of pleasure and reward, to accumulate in the space between brain cells. Now, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have found a molecular connector, known as the BASP1 receptor, that binds cocaine, even when the drug is present in very low doses. The study, conducted in mice and laboratory-grown mouse brain cells, suggests that blocking the BASP1 receptor may reduce the sti ...
to help store and launder $54 million worth of cryptocurrency for two friends, Christopher Castelluzzo and Luke Atwell, who were convicted of cocaine trafficking in 2018. But Castelluzzo...
Cocaine Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other so that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from their addic
A drug successfully used to help some people quit smoking may also help curb cocaine cravings.