Antidepressant May Ease Meth Addiction
‘The depression drug bupropion (Wellbutrin, Zyban, Amfebutamone) may help treat addiction to the stimulant methamphetamine, also called “crank,” “meth,” and “speed.”
The finding comes from a small, brief study of meth users. It’s too early to know if bupropion will become the first drug approved for treating meth addiction.
The study by Thomas Newton, MD, and colleagues appears in the advance online edition of Neuropsychopharmacology. Newton is a psychiatry professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.’
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