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Participants were injected with the drug degarelix. Stock Photography.
Pedophiles can commit fewer sex crimes if they are medicated with a drug that reduces levels of male sex hormones, according to a study by the Karolinska Institute (KI) in Stockholm.
The study was conducted in 52 men who were drawn to two groups: one where the participants were treated with the drug degarelix and the other where the participants were treated with an ineffective placebo substance, KI writes in a press release.
After two weeks, the group treated with Degar Elix noticed an attenuated sexual desire and an attenuated sexual attraction to the children.
“This study is an important step towards evidence-based treatment for pedophilia. We are now planning to conduct a new study where the same drug will be evaluated over a long period of time and compared with psychotherapy,” said Christoffer Rahm, researcher. Head of the Karolinska Department of Clinical Neuroscience. Institute, in the press release.
Degarelix is commonly used in the treatment of prostate cancer.
The study has been published in the journal Jama Psychiatry.
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