Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist: Changes in Gut Microbiome Alters Rewarding Effects of Cocaine and Cravings
August 04, 2023
August 04, 2023
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Aug. 4 -- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist issued the following news release:
According to the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 4.8 million people (ages 12 and up) reported using cocaine within the previous 12 months, and 24,486 people died from an overdose involving cocaine. Because there are no FDA-approved medications for cocaine use disorder, there is an urgent need to develop therapeutic interventions.
In a new preclinica . . .
According to the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 4.8 million people (ages 12 and up) reported using cocaine within the previous 12 months, and 24,486 people died from an overdose involving cocaine. Because there are no FDA-approved medications for cocaine use disorder, there is an urgent need to develop therapeutic interventions.
In a new preclinica . . .