Can sound waves help people quit cocaine? Clinical trial focuses in (IMAGE)

University of Virginia Health System

Can sound waves help people quit cocaine? Clinical trial focuses in

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“This trial will inform us if focused ultrasound could change the way some patients feel about cocaine,” said principal investigator Nassima Ait-Daoud Tiouririne, MD, the director of UVA’s Center for Leading Edge Addiction Research (CLEAR). “What if we could reverse brain changes caused by drug use? This would change the way we treat addiction as a whole.”

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