We haven't yet found a drug to help people through methamphetamine withdrawal

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Australia; NSW

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More quality research is needed if we're going to find a medication that can help treat methamphetamine withdrawal, according to Australian researchers. The team looked at nine small randomised controlled trials of medications to see if there was evidence in favour of any drug as a methamphetamine withdrawal treatment. The trials were all small, the researchers say, and generally of low or very low quality. They say there is currently insufficient evidence that any medication can help, but the poor quality of current research means there's more work to be done.

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conference: Drug and Alcohol Review

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Organisation/s: The University of New South Wales, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC)

Funder: Michael Farrell as Director of NDARC has received unrestricted funding for research purposes from Indivior and Sequiiris. Liam S. Acheson is funded by a NDARC PhD Scholarship and NCCRED. No other authors have any conflicts to declare.

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