Apomorphine - Interesting dopamine agonist

[rzero]

Is "one of the earliest used pharmacotherapies for alcoholism."

William Burroughs said it was the only effective treatment for opioid addiction he had encountered.

Apomorphine - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[rzero]

I forgot to add that even though apomorphine is derived from morphine, it has no opioid receptor activity.

 

[dukesbobby777]

It looks interesting, but is hard to get hold of, I imagine. If you use a Google search, it just comes up with loads of results on morphine instead. I've never heard of the drug before.