Anticonvulsant drug helps marijuana smokers kick the habit
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 11:20
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have found clinical evidence that the drug gabapentin, currently on the market to treat neuropathic pain and epilepsy, helps people to quit smoking marijuana (cannabis). Unlike traditional addiction treatments, gabapentin targets stress systems in the brain that are activated by drug withdrawal.
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