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September 15, 2006

A Drug to Treat Stuttering?

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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