Test subjects given bupropion, shown a video of people using meth, reported their craving as negative 8 on a scale with a baseline of zero. The 10 members of the placebo group rated their craving as plus 10.

The bupropion patients also experienced a less intense high after taking methamphetamine, researchers led by Thomas F. Newton reported. Study members given bupropion rated their "high" at 28 on a 70-point scale, compared to 48 for meth users.

The "study is provocative and potentially promising," said Columbia University psychiatry professor and drug expert Eric Collins. UCLA's Richard Rawson, who led the study, said another study involving 120 subjects would be presented at a National Institute on Drug Abuse conference in December.

The research was published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology.

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Posted by bill on 20 Sep 08 12:48 AM EDT

can bupropion test positive as meth in a drug test? Because I'm on it, and I took a drug test for a job, and they said it tested pos. for meth. I've never seen meth, let alone use it.

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