Pill to cure gambling addiction?
OnlineCasino.org | 11.10.2005 | 10:56:08 | Views: 171 | Casino News A cinical trial to treat compulsive gambling with a pill to start this month.
According to abqtrib.com a pill may be the way to treat gambling addiction in the future.
"Lapham this month is starting a clinical trial to treat compulsive gambling with a pill that blocks the brain's pleasure pathways and keeps the person from enjoying a gambling high. The name of the pill is confidential as part of the study, she said."
"The pill has worked successfully treating alcoholics but has never been tried on compulsive gamblers before, she added."
"If a pill to stop gambling seems odd, consider this: A drug called Martex, used to treat Parkinson's disease, has actually created compulsive gambling problems in patients that never had them before, said Kandace Blanchard, executive director of the New Mexico branch of the National Council on Problem Gambling."