Good News for spendthrift shopaholics: Stop the urge to shop

Craving to Spend money on Shopping ? Can’t resist urge to shop ? Nalmefne could help in keeping your shopping habits under control.

A drug called Nalmefene could curb the craving to spend when the urge to shop comes on. Nalmefene is already successful in curbing the urge to gamble, smoking and nicotine dependence.

Psychiatry professor Jon Grant, of the University of Minnesota, said: "Shopping is similar to gambling. It has the same kind of urging and cravings to engage in the behaviour even though you know it is screwing you up."

It works to kill the drug-like rush created by chemicals in the brain, which those in the grip of a compulsive disorder are chasing.

Samoxon Pharmaceuticals - Nalmefene

Source: TOI | This Britain