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UNSW researchers to begin trialling antidepressant for ice addiction – PerthNow
Australian researchers will trial a potential ‘game changer’ in tackling one of the world’s most devastating drug problems.
Australian researchers have been given the green light to trial a common antidepressant to treat methamphetamine addiction, with the move described as a potential game changer in the fight against the devastating drug.
The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at the University of New South Wales has received almost $5m to trial whether mirtazapine can be used to treat meth addiction.
It will be a placebo-controlled parallel trial with 340 participants, who will receive either mirtazapine or…
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