Amino Acid May Help Reduce Cocaine Cravings

Friday, October 23, 2009 - 10:35 in Health & Medicine

A new study in rats has found that N-acetylcysteine (NAC), a commonly available and generally nontoxic amino acid derivative, reverses changes in the brain's circuitry associated with cocaine addiction. The reversal appears to lessen the cravings associated with cocaine, thus providing protection against relapse.

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