A Houston doctor has developed a vaccine for cocaine addiction, I saw a brief story on the news about it.That would be pretty amazing if it did work. I wonder what the side affects would be. Is it the same as those naltrexone implants?
This is some more of it:vaccine for cocaine addiction
…The vaccine does not stop the craving for cocaine, but will stop addicts experiencing a high when they take it.
The company says this prevents the people becoming re-addicted. …Antibodies
Mr Oxlade added: “The vaccine for cocaine addicts works in very much the same way a regular vaccine works.
“The reason cocaine addicts can take the drug for years without mounting any sort of immune response is because the drug has very small molecules.”
He explained that the vaccine is created by attaching the cocaine to a large protein molecule which is used to stimulate the body’s immune system to produce antibodies that recognise the drug.
Mr Oxlade added: “It stops the cocaine from being able to get across from the blood into the brain, which is where you get the high and, of course, where you get the addiction.
“If somebody takes the vaccine as part of a programme in a drug centre and after a month or so is out and takes another dose of cocaine, they won’t get the high and they won’t get the re-addiction.”
He said it was possible that addicts would simply switch to another drug, but said evidence from three US trials showed that only happened in a small number of cases.
A spokeswoman for Drugscope told BBC News Online: “This is a really interesting study. It’s clear that the vaccine seems to be working well for some cocaine addicts.
That would be something or not.Already Kosten asked the Food and Drug Administration in December to green-light a multi-institutional trial to begin in the spring and is awaiting a response. Approval would mark a breakthrough in the treatment of cocaine addiction, which now mostly involves psychiatric counseling and 12-step programs. It presumably would be the final clinical hurdle before the vaccine - more than a decade in the making - might be approved for treatment.

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