Agents in Development for the Management of Cocaine Abuse

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Four medications warranting phase II controlled clinical trials: cabergoline, reserpine, sertraline and tiagabine, and two dopamine receptor ligands that reduce cocaine self-administration in animals are also undergoing phase I human safety trials.

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