Gambling drugs

Psychiatrists have long suspected a gambling problem, similar to depression and other mental disorders, of genetic origin. Recently, an American researcher found evidence that the "sick boy" disease was caused by the spread of blood.

Dr. Donald Black, professor of psychiatry at the University of Iowa, instructs a team of experts to interview 31 gambling patients and 31 others who sometimes play betting. Research results show that 12% of gambling addicts have relatives who have similar addictions, while only about 3% of non-gamblers have gambling relatives. Black is like other psychiatrists who believe that black-red disease is closely related to other addiction.

' Something is spread among these families that greatly increases their ability to engage in an impulsive and self-destructive behavior. In some people, it proves a misuse of money, in others is anti-social behavior, and in others it is only a game of red and black, and often all of these elements combine Mr. Black commented.

Gambling and betting have increased over the past few years, blooming on the Internet and betting brokers are increasingly crowded. In addition, legal casinos opened everywhere, attracting more and more disciples. It's hard to count the number of gamblers because there are so many illegal or disguised games.

In the announcement of his findings on Psychiatry Research, Black found that gamblers outside his group could be single, divorced, or lost spouses. But he also found that the group of silver enthusiasts he studied often had crowded families - many siblings and uncles - although he hesitated to hypothesize why.

Researchers hope that finding the genetic links of gambling ailments can help discover a chemical method to treat this disease. ' What we find in gambling patients is that they have an uncontrollable gamble. The ideal is to discover a drug that can interfere with that urge, 'Mr. Black said.

Researchers at the University of Minnesota, USA, have reported that a new drug called nalmefene seems to affect brain regions associated with a special sense of pleasure, when people satisfy the urge to plunge into an act of addiction. The latest issue of Psychiatry of the United States reported the results of experiments performed on gamblers in 2002 and 2003. Among those who drank 25 milligrams of nalmefene, 59% were assessed as having Much improved or greatly improved by the Minnesota team. But there is still a lot of work to do, and nalmefene has not been certified by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat gambling diseases. Higher doses did not produce better results, and two-thirds of patients did not complete the trial because it clearly did not overcome the side effects of drugs such as vomiting and insomnia.