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Cocaine Vaccine In the Works
martyros writes "Researchers at the Baylor College of Medicine are performing clinical trials of a vaccine that teaches the immune system to attack cocaine, preventing it from giving a high. The vaccine is made by attaching inactivated cocaine molecules to the outside of inactivated cholera proteins. When the immune system attacks the cholera proteins, it also 'learns' the cocaine molecules as well. The result is that the immune system 'recognizes the potent naked drug when it's ingested. The antibodies bind to the cocaine and prevent it from reaching the brain, where it normally would generate the highs that are so addictive.'" An earlier story from The Star notes that human trials for vaccines against both cocaine and nicotine are well under way.
I fucking hope this thing works for users who inject it... because snorting coke isn't enough for long term users.
Chantix worked for you, but does it work for everybody? A quick Google search suggests that its side effects can include psychotic disorder and hallucination. That sounds like something you would want an alternative to.
What sound do people on rollercoasters make? Hint: it's not Xbox 360.
They should've given you a vaccine to prevent you from ever enjoying fatherhood , after all it could drive you to suicide if one of your children ever died and it's also way more expensive to care for children than to neuter you . Not a father , voluntarily consuming o nicotine, alcohol.