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New Vaccines Help Kick Drug Habits
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New Vaccines Help Kick Drug Habits
June 21, 2007 - bcm.edu

HOUSTON -- (June 21, 2007) -- A pair of new vaccines designed to combat cocaine and methamphetamine dependencies not only relieve addiction but also minimize withdrawal symptoms, according to study results presented today by Baylor College of Medicine researchers at the Annual Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence in Quebec City, Canada.

The vaccines stimulate the body to produce antibodies which then attack the drug while it is in the blood stream. This prevents the drug from reaching the brain and creating the reactions that contribute to dependency.

"These are therapeutic, not preventative, vaccines," said lead investigator Dr. Thomas Kosten, Jay H. Waggoner Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the Menninger Department of Psychiatry at BCM and research director of the Veteran Affairs National Substance Use Disorders Quality Enhancement Research Initiative. "They are meant for those who are already suffering from drug addiction."

Kosten stresses that while the vaccines have been shown to help overcome drug addictions, they do not necessarily curb relapse.

"This is not a stand-alone treatment," Kosten said. "There is a reason drugs were used in the first place, and that needs to be dealt with either through counseling or behavioral therapies."

TA-CD, the cocaine vaccine, works through a series of injections over a three-month period. Study participants began to respond favorably to the vaccine after about a month. TA-CD has one more large scale human study scheduled before it is ready for the FDA approval process.

"The vaccine slowly decreases the amount of cocaine that reaches the brain," Kosten said. "It's a slow process, and patients do not go through any significant withdrawal symptoms."

Antibody production was sustained for another nine months following the vaccine treatment. Additional injections were subsequently administered every four to eight weeks, if needed at all.

The methamphetamine vaccine, still in early stages of development, has produced similar results as TA-CD. While both vaccines spur antibody production, each has a unique protein composition that help the body target the different drugs.

Both studies are being funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health.

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Re: New Vaccines Help Kick Drug Habits [Re: veggie]
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Oh, that's messed up. Next thing you know, they'll start vaccinating kids at birth.


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Re: New Vaccines Help Kick Drug Habits [Re: Dr_T]
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Or it will be required for drug probation.


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Re: New Vaccines Help Kick Drug Habits [Re: Montanahunter420]
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It would be a troubling thing if it were required at any point but unfortunately I could see people wanting that. Prophylactic treatment for addiction is opening up a disturbing can of worms though.

However any new route of treatment no matter how minimally effective could be a godsend for people all ready trying to overcome the throes of addiction.


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Re: New Vaccines Help Kick Drug Habits [Re: MrKite1]
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ok you guys are definitely ridiculous. how can you honestly day this is a horrible thing?  no one said it would be mandatory for anyone, you guys are no better than a jesus freak that is going solely on faith (in this case on the evilness of the war on drugs). 

i love drugs, personally but that doesnt mean they are for everyone.  my opinion is that there are certain people who cannot handle it, and when they meet a drug that is stronger than themselves a treatment like this could help those who cannot help themselves. 

i wish people on here would be more open-minded, youd think that shrooms would help you guys out, i think ya need to stop takin em at parties and sit alone for a lil while and learn something about not only yourself but about others as well. (sorry for assuming that you guys abuse the 'sacred' mushrooms but your my point sounds a little better this way :smile:)

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Re: New Vaccines Help Kick Drug Habits [Re: veggie]
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Since when do you withdraw from coke and meff, aside from psychologically? This all seems like another way to make money off of people and make rehab even more expensive.


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