Magnetic Brain Stimulation Might Treat Cocaine Addiction, NIH Study

Stimulating part of the brain with magnetic pulses may offer the first therapeutic treatment for cocaine addiction, a small new study suggests.

Though the findings are preliminary, patients addicted to cocaine reportedly experienced fewer cravings for the drug after undergoing eight sessions of the experimental treatment over a month.

The findings were published Dec. 3 in the journal European Neuropsychopharmacology.

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