Cocaine against cocaine

1996/03/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

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Cocaine addicts will now have a new method to help them quit coking. In fact, California researchers have invented a vaccine to fight coca and even if cocaine ever ingests drugs, treatment would go ahead.

The cocaine user is stimulated by ingesting the drug and reaching its effect on the brain. According to researchers, a protein absorbs excess dopamine and takes it to nerve cells, while cocaine prevents protein from working.

Therefore, too much dopamine in the blood stimulates Omani cocaine. To check the effectiveness of the vaccine, researchers introduced a mixture of half a molecule of cocaine and a protein into the blood. The mixture did not reach the brains of animals, as rats created antibodies to block cocaine.

As a result, researchers have stated that the new vaccine has been successful in rats, but Omani cocaine is not rats and they fear they will take higher doses to feel stimulation.