Combination of drugs may effectively treat cocaine addicts, Yale study finds.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-15 June 2000-YALE UNIVERSITY: Combination of drugs may effectively treat cocaine addicts, Yale study finds (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:14062000 New Haven, Conn. -- Combining a drug used to treat alcoholism with a drug treatment for opiate addiction may be the key to treating cocaine addicts, a Yale study finds.

When buprenorphine, an alternative to methadone for treating opiate addiction, was combined with disulfiram-marketed as Antabuse for treating alcoholism-the combination was more effective than buprenorphine alone in reducing cocaine use in persons with dual alcohol and cocaine addictions. Tony P. George, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine and principal investigator on the study, said...