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Tue 1 Apr, 2003 12:44 pm
In a lab little rats are allowed to become addicted to a variety of drugs, when they are true junkies they are then dosed with 18-methoxycoronaridine (18-MC). Even a single dose can dramatically reduce the cravings and withdrawl symptoms of an addict. The drug is synthesized from an African shrub's bark. Of course, this drug has been known to science since 1962...... about time it got some published recognition!
Unfortunately, the drug doesn't reprogram behavior.
Source: Discover Magazine, May, 2003
Still, it sounds useful..
And does it help against nicotine addicition?
They mention morphine, cocaine, nicotine and methamphetamine - no mention of alcohol.
Where can I find it: I am a nicotine addict?..
It's still in clinical trials. Maybe ask your doctor about it: 18-methoxycoronaridine (18-MC). The plant source is called Ibogaine from the Iboga shrub found in (West) Africa.
Thanks. By all means, I cannot believe that this drug can appear in Israel prior to its approval by the American FDA and appearance in the USA.
So, the big questions: what are the side effects, and is 18-MC addictive? (Course, you could get hooked on it, and then use it to get unhooked, and so forth...)
no side effects and no addictions! And a very high success rate. BUT, it's only for the physical addiction.
Interesting.
My son, a Psychology undergraduate, is doing his thesis on the effects of opiate release in brains of rats he made epileptic (sp?).
He wants to prove that rats become addicted to epilepsy, so they can "enjoy" the opiate release in their brains when they are recovering from the attack.
Need to work on that behavioral aspect also. Without that, there is be many, many laspes. Oh where oh where is there a drug for that!
that drug is AA? Or NA? I guess the drug will only work for those who are ready to quit.
Is there a word for that failure in logic? (Saying that failure is always the result of the individual and never the result of a flaw in the program.)
(Not meaning to bash AA here, just, er, reading. It's done very good things for a lot of people.)
Oops, beg your pardon; not reading well enough, obviously.
what about a2k addiction? where are those studies?
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