A three-year study of 1,383 of alcohol dependent patients in treatment has shown that the medication naltrexone and up to 20 sessions of alcohol counseling by a behavioral specialist are equally effective treatments for alcohol dependence when combined with structured outpatient medical management.
Surprisingly the "Combining Medications and Behavioral Interventions for Alcoholism," or the COMBINE study as it is known, also found that adding acamprosate (Campral) to the treatment program did not improve treatment outcomes. Read more.
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