My brother has a severe cocaine addiction and I understand that there are experimental drugs to curb this.?

Question

I'm in Houston and desperate for answers and solutions.

Answer 1

i'm in a residential non-12-step treatment program for my crack cocaine addiction.
i have complete faith in this program and i'm making great progress:
http://www.alternative2rehab.com

i'm being treated with wellbutrin...
Wellbutrin is a Selective Dopamine Reuptake Inhibitor, which means that wellbutrin makes more dopamine available to the receptors in the brain.
Inhibition of dopamine (DA) transporter function is thought to be the principal mechanism underlying cocaine's addictive effects.


Article:
"Differential Regulation of Dopamine Transporter after Chronic Self-administration of wellbutrin / abstract":
http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/cgi/content/full/281/1/508


...and with Ropinirole (Requip), another Selective Dopamine Reuptake Inhibitor that has anti-anhedonic properties.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ropinirole

...among other medications for my psychiatric disorders.

clinical trials.gov is recruiting for
Effectiveness of Disulfiram for Treating Cocaine Dependence :
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00149630?order=38


read more about dopamine:
http://adderall.legalview.com/wikipedia/Dopamine/

Answer 2

All I can think of is that old 1960s song by Loretta Lynn - Don't come home a-drinkin' with lovin' on your mind. BQ - I work with a man in his 50s who has become painfully addicted to Internet porn. He's in that phase where he hates what he does but that compulsion to act out is overpowering. He's married and has a sweet, respectable relationship with his wife....a very fine woman...but they've drifted apart. He feels like they're brother and sister instead of a husband and wife. The shame and confusion became too much for him until the fateful Saturday afternoon I took him fishing and he completely opened up. "How can I break a forty-five-years-old habit?" Addiction can quickly become a painfully lonely aspect in a person's life. The addiction makes them feel as if no one understands their struggle. It can even lead its victim to despair and pitch him over the edge.

Answer 3

Experimental drugs are probabaly not availible to the public because the (******) FDA is very slow to approve these. If he has a severe addiction then if he tries to kick it, it will become a physical illness but its still his best chance.

Answer 4

i'm not sure about the drug to curb it.... but better ask him to go to the rehabilitation centre.... there, they will so many way to help ur brother....for me.... avoid uses of drug if as long as u can avoid it.... when they talk with the others that hv the same problem with them, they will understand each other and will help each other also which public people can't do..... so many discrimination....i think that's the better way. so think of it

Answer 5

Your brother has to want to stop.. Otherwise.. it won't work. Contact some drug programs in your area.. Under the yellow pages. .Your local law enforcement might know of some programs that offer experimental drugs..