Comparing Treatment Approaches
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An analytic review of Immunotherapy for Cocaine Addiction by
Donald W. Landry (1997) and Buprenorphine Suppresses Cocaine
Self-Administration by Rhesus Monkeys by Nancy Mello et al. (1989)
The general unsuccessfulness of treating cocaine addicts has led to the development of new therapeutic appro ....
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.... of the drug, patients taking it would receive no "high", no positive reinforcement, and would gradually be able to become successful in a treatment program. The problem with this point of view is that cocaine has not been shown to be very physically addicting, as there are no major symptoms of withdrawal that the patient is trying to combat by self-administering more of the drug. By making the drug ineffective in the blood stream, addicts would not receive what is thought to be positive reinfor ....
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