Re: I think I'd rather stick to crack.../keeping meds from going generic

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http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/conditions/08/30/treating.addiction.ap/inde

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> Addiction treatment might be old drugs

>

> Scientists looking in medicine cabinet for new sources

>

> Monday, August 30, 2004 Posted: 8:42 AM EDT (1242 GMT)

>

> NEW YORK (AP) -- Can Prozac help you kick cocaine? Can Ritalin? How

about a

> blood pressure pill or medicine for muscle spasms?

>

> If you're an alcoholic, could you get help staying sober by taking an

> anti-nausea drug used by cancer patients?

>

> Scientists are exploring those questions right now. In fact, in the field of

> addiction medicine, one of the hottest sources of new drugs is ... old

> drugs.

Thanks, , good find! Do we put this in the general file of pharma

companies trying to keep their proprietary interest and profit in drugs whose

patent is expiring?

[Guest guest]

>

http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/conditions/08/30/treating.addiction.ap/inde

x.html

>

> Addiction treatment might be old drugs

>

> Scientists looking in medicine cabinet for new sources

>

> Monday, August 30, 2004 Posted: 8:42 AM EDT (1242 GMT)

>

> NEW YORK (AP) -- Can Prozac help you kick cocaine? Can Ritalin? How

about a

> blood pressure pill or medicine for muscle spasms?

>

> If you're an alcoholic, could you get help staying sober by taking an

> anti-nausea drug used by cancer patients?

>

> Scientists are exploring those questions right now. In fact, in the field of

> addiction medicine, one of the hottest sources of new drugs is ... old

> drugs.

Thanks, , good find! Do we put this in the general file of pharma

companies trying to keep their proprietary interest and profit in drugs whose

patent is expiring?

[Guest guest]

>

http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/conditions/08/30/treating.addiction.ap/inde

x.html

>

> Addiction treatment might be old drugs

>

> Scientists looking in medicine cabinet for new sources

>

> Monday, August 30, 2004 Posted: 8:42 AM EDT (1242 GMT)

>

> NEW YORK (AP) -- Can Prozac help you kick cocaine? Can Ritalin? How

about a

> blood pressure pill or medicine for muscle spasms?

>

> If you're an alcoholic, could you get help staying sober by taking an

> anti-nausea drug used by cancer patients?

>

> Scientists are exploring those questions right now. In fact, in the field of

> addiction medicine, one of the hottest sources of new drugs is ... old

> drugs.

Thanks, , good find! Do we put this in the general file of pharma

companies trying to keep their proprietary interest and profit in drugs whose

patent is expiring?

[Guest guest]

>

http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/conditions/08/30/treating.addiction.ap/inde

x.html

>

> Addiction treatment might be old drugs

>

> Scientists looking in medicine cabinet for new sources

>

> Monday, August 30, 2004 Posted: 8:42 AM EDT (1242 GMT)

>

> NEW YORK (AP) -- Can Prozac help you kick cocaine? Can Ritalin? How

about a

> blood pressure pill or medicine for muscle spasms?

>

> If you're an alcoholic, could you get help staying sober by taking an

> anti-nausea drug used by cancer patients?

>

> Scientists are exploring those questions right now. In fact, in the field of

> addiction medicine, one of the hottest sources of new drugs is ... old

> drugs.

Thanks, , good find! Do we put this in the general file of pharma

companies trying to keep their proprietary interest and profit in drugs whose

patent is expiring?