Essay Archive - Comparing Treatment Approaches
Comparing Treatment Approaches
An analytic review of Immunotherapy for Cocaine Addiction by
Donald W. Landry (1997) and Buprenorphine Suppresses Cocaine
Self-Administration by Rhesus Monkeys by Nancy Mello et al. (1989)
The general unsuccessfulness of treating cocaine addicts has led to the development of new therapeutic approaches. Immunotherapy for Cocaine Addiction (Landry, 1997), and Buprenorphine Suppresses Cocaine Self-Administration by Rhesus Monkeys (Mello et al, 1989) are two examples of such approaches. Both deal with the addiction in a biologically therapeutic way, although combating the drug by very different....
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