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Cocaine addiction vaccine discovered, findings in Brazil

2023-10-26 12:56:00, Kosova & Bota CNA
Cocaine addiction vaccine discovered, findings in Brazil
Calicoca vaccine

Scientists in Brazil, the world's second largest consumer of cocaine, have announced a new treatment for drug addiction, the discovery of a vaccine. 

Called Calixcoca , the experimental vaccine, which has shown promising results in animal trials, triggers an immune response that blocks cocaine's effects from reaching the brain, which researchers hope will help users break the cycle of addiction. addiction.

So, with this vaccine, it is intended that people who have drug addiction will no longer have it.

If the treatment receives regulatory approval, it would be the first time cocaine addiction is treated using a vaccine, said psychiatrist Frederico Garcia, coordinator of the team that developed the treatment at the Federal University of Minas Gerais.

Similar studies have been conducted in the United States - the largest consumer of cocaine in the world, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. But they stalled when clinical trials didn't show enough results./CNA

 

 





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