Abstract:<p>Rationale: Drug addiction is a chronic, relapsing disease with great socioeconomic and morbidity costs. There are limited treatments, with no Food and Drug Administration approved pharmacotherapies available for psychostimulant addiction. In addition, the use of prescription opioid medications has reached epidemic proportions in the world. More than 40,000 deaths from prescription opioid overdose was reported in USA alone in the year 2017. There is an urgent need for the development of effective, non-… Show more
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