
Researchers at Indevus Pharmaceuticals in
Lexington , Massachusetts are testing a new drug called
pagoclone that could become the first medical treatment approved for
stuttering, a condition currently treated primarily through
speech therapy. Researchers believe that pagoclone works by lowering
dopamine levels in the brain, in keeping with a theory that maintains that the brains of stutterers contain too much of the
neurotransmitter.
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