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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Risk of depression dims hopes for anti-addiction pills
Unsuprising news about unintended effects of pharmacotherapies for addiction.
The pills worked in a novel way, by blocking pleasure centers in the brain that provide the feel-good response from smoking or eating. Now it seems the drugs may block pleasure too well, possibly raising the risk of depression and suicide.
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