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146:, in a November 2005 article entitled "Curb Your Cravings For This Stock", wrote "If the venture works out for patients and the investing public, it'll be a rare success for Peizer, who's promoted a series of disappointing small-cap medical or technology stocks ... since his days at Drexel". Peizer said: "Hythiam is my biggest triumph. If it's the only thing I did, then my life would have been a tremendous success." 322:, where the local judge, Charles Sandoval, reported a "spectacular" success rate (even though, when asked, stated that he hadn't kept any records). Other courts in the state were more skeptical about the lack of clinical research supporting Gabasync, however, and only four other counties requested funding. About half of the amount budgeted for the initial year was spent. 317:
Also in 2007, Jerry Madden, chair of the Texas House Corrections Committee, secured $ 2 million of funding over two years in the state budget for Gabasync treatment programs. In contrast with officials in Washington, Madden said he had no financial ties to Hythiam. In support of the budget request he
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These revelations led the Pierce County Council to suspend its funding for the program in October 2007. An unspent $ 175,000, along with $ 400,000 Ladenburg had requested for 2008, were instead set aside with the proviso that they could be used for "evidence-based programs that are directed towards
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The effects of the flumazenil/gabapentin combination in the treatment of alcohol dependence are less clear. In a randomized, placebo-controlled trial alcohol-dependent subjects taking flumazenil/gabapentin had more abstinent days and time to first heavy drinking if they had high alcohol withdrawal
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opined: "most of what Peizer says is dubious-sounding hype". In June 2008, Hythiam had generated a net loss each year for 5 straight years, and while its stock had traded at $ 61.26 a share in 2007, it traded at $ 0.18 per share three years later. According to independent investment research firm
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Dr. Urschel has also completed a double-blind, placebo controlled study of Gabasync's active ingredients, where 68 patients were randomized to active and 67 patients to placebo treatment for 30 days. The study reported a decrease in both cravings and methamphetamine use following the initial
208:. The treatment is similar for stimulant dependence, with additional flumazenil administrations. The dosing regimen of the drug combination is discussed in Urschel’s study. The initial intravenous administrations are followed up by orally prescribed medications and behavioral treatment. 296:, state legislator Dennis Flannigan, and officials at the treatment center had bought Hythiam stock. A county audit also questioned the effectiveness of the program, in part because auditors took a different approach than the treatment center in determining whether Gabasync was successful. 255:, would offer the treatment that was to become known as Gabasync in that court's drug program. However, the program was never implemented, and the judge there said he was uncomfortable that the evidence for it was not as strong as the company's marketing. As a result, the first Gabasync 81:
relative to another company. Hythiam has sought to patent the protocol and charges up to $ 15,000 per patient to license its use (of which half goes to the prescribing physician, and half to Hythiam). Lower rates are offered to the criminal justice system, where it has been used in
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breaking the cycle of drug addiction". Ladenburg and Flannigan also had to amend their state financial disclosure forms, although Ladenburg reported he had sold his stock at a loss and insisted it did not influence his actions. The news from Pierce County, along with a
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salesman, founded Hythiam Inc., a tiny pharmaceutical company, from which in 2006 when he was majority shareholder he received $ 1.3 million in compensation. The firm bought the rights to an ineffective addiction treatment, and marketed it. Despite the fact that no
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Preliminary evidence that a regimen combining hydroxyzine, flumazenil, and gabapentin (the active pharmacological components of Gabasync) can help decrease methamphetamine cravings and use was first published in October 2007 following a relatively small,
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Urschel 3rd, Harold C; Hanselka, Larry L; Gromov, Irin; White, Lenae; Baron, Michael (2007). "Open-label study of a proprietary treatment program targeting type A gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor dysregulation in methamphetamine dependence".
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Anton, RF; Myrick, H; Baros, AM; et al. (August 2009). "Efficacy of a combination of flumazenil and gabapentin in the treatment of alcohol dependence: relationship to alcohol withdrawal symptoms".
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had been obtained, Hythiam advertised the "innovative, medically based treatment" (which could cost $ 15,000 per patient) and franchised doctors to use Prometa, in exchange for a per-patient fee.
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investigation of Gabasync that aired in December, battered Hythiam's stock, as it fell in value nearly two-thirds by the end of the year. However, at the same time the city council in nearby
310:, approved a small $ 20,000 Gabasync trial at the suggestion of a city council member whose employee, one of Gabasync's successes, had been treated in Pierce County and featured in the 334:, Hythiam started a national advertising campaign in 2006, utilizing billboards, radio spots, as well as Internet ads and paid search results. In one of the billboard ads the image of 767: 589: 1391: 365:, in which recovering methamphetamine addict "Dustin" allowed the network to film his treatment with Gabasync, as well as his life before and after he quit using the drug. 272: 1123: 1101: 882: 416: 355:
reported that she was being treated by Dr. Matthew Torrington, director of the Gabasync Center in Santa Monica. Gabasync was also featured in an episode of the
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Urschel, HC; Hanselka, LL; Baron, M (November 2009). "A controlled trial of flumazenil and gabapentin for initial treatment of methylamphetamine dependence".
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and government approval when bringing to market Prometa; the addiction drug proved to be completely ineffective. Journalist
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symptoms prior to treatment, whereas the patients with low withdrawal symptoms actually did worse with active treatment.
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reported that Dr. Urschel's addiction clinic sold the Gabasync treatment. However Urschel denied this was a
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Prescription For Addiction, 60 Minutes' Scott Pelley Reports On A New Addiction Treatment, Dec. 7, 2007,
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of its "Prometa" (the marketing name for Gabasync) approach had been undertaken, and although no
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study to evaluate the treatment. However, it was subsequently revealed that county executive
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said to Peizer in 2007: "Depending and who you talk to, you're either a revolutionary or a
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Otto, M. Alexander (October 24, 2007). "Local officials owned stock in company".
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Wickert, David (November 21, 2007). "Council rejects Prometa funding request".
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by Dr. Harold C. Urschel. The study, funded by Hythiam, was published in the
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Wickert, David (November 6, 2007). "Politicians revise stock disclosures".
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Robinson, Sean (December 23, 2007). "Data show mixed value of Prometa".
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was connected to Gabasync as one of her rehab efforts during 2007, when
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Ling, W.; Shoptaw, S.; Hillhouse, M.; Bholat, M. A. (November 2011).
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addiction, although it had also been claimed to be effective for
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A Hythiam press release in 2004 announced that a center in
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treatment and throughout the 30 days treatment period.
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Index

Hythiam
methamphetamine
dependence
alcohol
cocaine
gabapentin
flumazenil
hydroxyzine
FDA
Terren Peizer
junk bond
securities fraud
drug court
placebo
UCLA
peer-reviewed
Addiction
Terren Peizer
junk bond
placebo-controlled
double-blind
peer-reviewed publication
FDA approval
Barrons
Scott Pelley
snake oil salesman
60 Minutes
NBC News
The Dallas Morning News
clinical studies

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