Potential new drug for cocaine addiction and overdose
Monday, September 15, 2008 - 10:15
in Health & Medicine
Chemists are reporting development of what they term the most powerful substance ever discovered for eliminating cocaine from the body, an advance that could lead to the world's first effective medicine for fighting overdoses and addictions of the illicit drug. Their findings are scheduled for the Sept. 24 issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
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