School of Pharmacy faculty
member Christopher R. McCurdy has made it his mission to find and
develop compounds to unlock the shackles that bind people to addictive
drugs.
"A lot of people who become addicted to methamphetamine, cocaine or even
heroin truly want to quit," McCurdy said. "They begin with recreational
use and don't think they will become addicted, but (they) soon get to
the point where they almost must take the drug to survive, because
withdrawal is so intense."
Making withdrawal more endurable – and therefore, cessation more likely –
is the goal of several projects in McCurdy's medicinal chemistry
laboratory. Among them is a National Institutes of Health Centers of
Biomedical Research Excellence-funded study of kratom, a botanical
mixture derived from Mitragyna speciosa, a treelike plant native to
Southeast Asia. (COBRE grants are awarded by the NIH's National
Institute of General Medical Sciences through its Institutional
Development Award, or IDeA, program, which builds research capabilities
in states that historically have had low levels of NIH funding.)
Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-addicts.html#jCp
January 28, 2013 by Barbara
Lago in Addiction
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to quickly grasp what a University of
Mississippi professor's research could mean to the millions of people
addicted to hardcore narcotics such as heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine
and morphine.Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-addicts.html#jCp
School of Pharmacy faculty
member Christopher R. McCurdy has made it his mission to find and
develop compounds to unlock the shackles that bind people to addictive
drugs.
"A lot of people who become addicted to methamphetamine, cocaine or even
heroin truly want to quit," McCurdy said. "They begin with recreational
use and don't think they will become addicted, but (they) soon get to
the point where they almost must take the drug to survive, because
withdrawal is so intense."
Making withdrawal more endurable – and therefore, cessation more likely –
is the goal of several projects in McCurdy's medicinal chemistry
laboratory. Among them is a National Institutes of Health Centers of
Biomedical Research Excellence-funded study of kratom, a botanical
mixture derived from Mitragyna speciosa, a treelike plant native to
Southeast Asia. (COBRE grants are awarded by the NIH's National
Institute of General Medical Sciences through its Institutional
Development Award, or IDeA, program, which builds research capabilities
in states that historically have had low levels of NIH funding.)
Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-addicts.html#jCp
Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-addicts.html#jCp
School of Pharmacy faculty
member Christopher R. McCurdy has made it his mission to find and
develop compounds to unlock the shackles that bind people to addictive
drugs.
"A lot of people who become addicted to methamphetamine, cocaine or even
heroin truly want to quit," McCurdy said. "They begin with recreational
use and don't think they will become addicted, but (they) soon get to
the point where they almost must take the drug to survive, because
withdrawal is so intense."
Making withdrawal more endurable – and therefore, cessation more likely –
is the goal of several projects in McCurdy's medicinal chemistry
laboratory. Among them is a National Institutes of Health Centers of
Biomedical Research Excellence-funded study of kratom, a botanical
mixture derived from Mitragyna speciosa, a treelike plant native to
Southeast Asia. (COBRE grants are awarded by the NIH's National
Institute of General Medical Sciences through its Institutional
Development Award, or IDeA, program, which builds research capabilities
in states that historically have had low levels of NIH funding.)
Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-addicts.html#jCp
Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-addicts.html#jCp
Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-addicts.html#jCp
January 28, 2013 by Barbara
Lago in Addiction
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to quickly grasp what a University of
Mississippi professor's research could mean to the millions of people
addicted to hardcore narcotics such as heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine
and morphine.
Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-addicts.html#jCp
Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-addicts.html#jCp
January 28, 2013 by Barbara
Lago in Addiction
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to quickly grasp what a University of
Mississippi professor's research could mean to the millions of people
addicted to hardcore narcotics such as heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine
and morphine.
Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-addicts.html#jCp
Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-addicts.html#jCp
January 28, 2013 by Barbara
Lago in Addiction
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to quickly grasp what a University of
Mississippi professor's research could mean to the millions of people
addicted to hardcore narcotics such as heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine
and morphine.
Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-addicts.html#jCp
Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-addicts.html#jCp
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