New drug blocks cocaine immune response
6th February 2015
By Amanda Davey
Australian and US researchers claim to have developed a drug that blocks a cocaine high by preventing an immune response, and they believe their findings could be the basis for a variety of addiction treatments.
The researchers have reported that the drug (+)-naloxone (pronounced:Plus nal-OX-own) works by preventing cocaine from interacting with the immune receptor known as Toll-Like receptor 4 (TLR4).
They say they have demonstrated