Can Cocaine Vaccine stop Cocaine addiction?

For husband and wife, Tom and Therese Kosten have dreamed about finding a cure for addicts who struggle with addictions like cocaine, methamphetamine and nicotine. In their study at Baylor College of Medicine based in Houston, Texas, they have found a cure or a vaccine that can help stop cocaine addiction. This has been a dream of Tom and Therese for years to find a cure that could help such addictions. "The vaccine, which is based on an inactivated form of the drug, teaches the immune system to fight real cocaine and stops it from getting to the brain and delivering the expected "high." This is a huge step in the medical history. This kind of vaccine can help save people from an addiction problem and help them get clean. "The solution, which seems obvious now, but has taken nearly ten years to perfect, is very clever. Take an inactive cholera toxin protein and attach inactivated cocaine to its surface. This "tricks" the immune system into making antibodies against cocaine. The immune system "sees" the inactivated cholera toxin and also the cocaine pattern and makes antibodies against both substances." The only problem with this vaccine is that it will take years for the US Food and Drug Administration or the FDA to give the go ahead to a phase clinical trial of the vaccine. "All being well, the multi-center study will begin in the spring, although full FDA approval may take several years after that. The trial involves 300 participants in six locations around the US, including Houston." The only problem with this is that the vaccine just like some other medicine might not work on some people. This can cause a concern for some of the addicted people who are doing drugs like cocaine.
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