Vaccines against Drug Abuse-Are We There Yet?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Drug abuse is a worldwide problem that is detrimental to public health. The potential for drug abuse extends to both legal and illicit drugs. Drawbacks associated with current treatments include limited effectiveness, potential side effects and, in some instances, the absence of or concerns with approved therapy options. A significant amount of clinical research has been conducted investigating immunotherapy as a treatment option against drug abuse. Vaccines against drug abuse have been the main area of research, and are the focus of this review.

Methods

An extensive search using "EBSCOhost (Multiple database collection)" with all 28 databases enabled (including "Academic Search Ultimate", "CINAHL Plus with Full Text", and MEDLINE), interrogation of the ClinicalTr

SUBMITTER: Bloom BT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9230984 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature