Vaccines to Cure Drug Addiction?
There is agreement across the board: buprenorphine whether prescribed in the form of Subutex or Suboxone is an extremely effective treatment for those who are addicted to opiates. Heroin addicts and those who are addicted to prescription painkillers now have a new way to break their physical addictions in the privacy of their own homes thanks to FDA approval and the government’s prudent discretion. But what about those who are addicted to marijuana, cocaine, crystal meth?
Well, like the flu and polio, it is hoped that vaccines will make drug addiction a thing of the past. Rather than create a chemical substitute that provides for an easier withdrawal detox the way that buprenorphine does, the target of attack is the craving for the drug, tackling the other painful side of withdrawal.
Dr. Margaret Haney is a researcher at the New York State Psychiatric Institute who is involved in clinical trials of a cocaine vaccine. “In the drug abuse field you have to be humble. There is nothing that is going to work for everyone, but we’re just hoping to increase the odds that someone will be able to stay clean and have just enough time to get their lives back in order.”
In the meantime, there is buprenorphine to fight physical dependence and block the effects of opiates taken in relapse, providing that crucial extra day to get it together and stay clean.
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February 7th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
i god how i would love to have this for my daughter who denied all i said i know if she does this she could my the daughter i once had and knew ,, so she can take care of my grand and i can retired and care about me!! this is her story u decide I have a daughter who in deniable she think because aim under medication she should continue taking more and more calling her doctor for refill does not want to work or cook, sometime sleep is all she wants to do, her children 15 12 7 are not happy with but what can they do she said she is in pain is sad really sad when I talk to her all we do is yell and yell no communication at all I love her but I don’t like her, I pay for all her bills and her children bill aim so tire and broke, some time I just want to run and never come back but I cant the grandchildren need me and that is why I stay aim 50 this year and a seeking a doctor to tell me this is normal, I don’t sleep I don’t want to eat much aim always thinking about them , aim afraid if I sleep some thing is going to happened and I wont be there to help ,but at the same time aim drain,, is my grand that keep me going B UT aim tire ,if I mention to my daughter to seek help she respond by saying that she does not need it that I do because I take medication sometime for my arthritis but I think I don’t need it if she would only take her life back I think I take my medication because my bones from not sleeping so much and my I cramp and my bone ake, there just to much for me to handle, well I just thought I share this ,, maybe someone out there is feeling this as well .thanks
carmen jones
February 8th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
I’m sorry you’re having such a hard time. Please try to take care of yourself first. That’s the only way you will be able to take care of your grandchildren and figure out the best thing to do in this situation. I wish you the best.