Treatment of addiction and addiction-related behavior
Treatment of addiction and addiction-related behavior
Dewey, S.L.; Brodie, J.D.; Ashby, C.R.J.
Official Gazette of the United States Patent & Trademark Office Patents 1272(3), July 15
2003
The present invention provides a method for changing addiction-related behavior of a mammal suffering from addiction to a combination of abused drugs. The method includes administering to the mammal an effective amount of gamma vinylGABA (GVG) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or an enantiomer or a racemic mixture thereof, wherein the effective amount is sufficient to diminish, inhibit or eliminate behavior associated with craving or use of the combination of abused drugs.