Authors: David C. S. Roberts, Kelly R. Jungersmith, Rachel Phelan, Timothy M. Gregg, Huw M. L. Davies
Psychopharmacology
2003, 167, 4, 386-392
“Agonist” therapy for drug addiction proposes that a long acting analog, with similar properties to the abused substance might serve as a useful therapeutic agent. HD-23 is a very long acting tropane analog that displays a neurochemical profile similar to cocaine.