Drug treatment of shopping addiction

Psychiatrists discovered, a drug that specializes in Alzheimer's can help shopping addicts get rid of their wasteful habits.

Shopping addiction can cause misery to spend a lot of money, even falling into debt or losing production. Statistics show that more than 4 out of 5 addicts of this type are women.

The majority of people "addicted" to shopping are women.

Their 'disease ' is not only tempted by shops and shops but also to buy things that they really don't need and can't afford. This leads to distress, inability to work, to study, as well as financial and social problems.

After much effort, a group of psychiatrists from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA finally found an effective treatment. They tested a drug called Memantine (also known as Ebixa) - a drug commonly prescribed to moderate to severe Alzheimer's patients - on volunteers from 19-59. Age is diagnosed 'addicted' shopping.

The results of clinical trials show that, after 8 weeks of taking drugs, volunteers, both men and women, have significantly reduced the amount of time and total money spent on shopping. The team did not detect any side effects of the drug in them.

In general, shopping 'crazy' symptoms halve and those 'addicted' feel less motivated to buy more in both thoughts and actions.

The Daily Mail quoted Dr. Cecilia D'Felice - a member of the research - interpretation, 'addiction' group for shopping as one of the obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) , believed to have originated from disorders of information transmission chemicals in the brain. Memantine drugs (or Ebixa) can help reconstruct chemical messengers' messengers , thus supporting " detox " in shopping addicts.