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Is There Medication That Will Reduce Alcohol Craving?
Many drinkers who have become alcohol dependent then try to quit experience not only withdrawal symptoms but also report having cravings for alcohol.
Rapid Detox No Magic Pill
Researchers continue to seek a magic pill that can instantly cure alcoholics and addicts, but one new process currently used -- rapid detoxification -- has found itself in the midst of growing controversy.
Campral - Treatment for Alcoholism
Campral (acamprosate calcium) is the most recent medication approved for the treatment of alcohol dependence or alcoholism in the United States -- approved by the Food and Drug Administration in July 2004 -- but it has been used widely in Europe for many years.
Vivitrol Treatment for Alcoholism and Addiction
Vivitrol is an extended-release formulation of naltrexone, an opioid receptor antagonist used in the treatment of alcoholism and opioid addiction.
Naltrexone - Treatment for Alcoholism and Addiction
Naltrexone is an opioid receptor antagonist used primarily in the management of alcohol dependence and opioid addiction. Naltrexone hydrochloride is sold as the brand name Revia and Depade. An extended-release form of Naltrexone is marketed in some countries under the trade name Vivitrol.
Using Antabuse to Maintain Sobriety
Antabuse, also known as disulfiram, was the first medication approved for helping problem drinkers quit drinking.
Antabuse Treatment for Alcoholism
Antabuse, or disulfiram as it is also known, was the first medicine approved for the treatment of alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence.
Anti-Nicotine Drug Mecamylamine Could Help Alcoholics
A new study has found that mecamylamine reduces the self-reported stimulant and euphoric effects of alcohol in humans, and also decreases their desire to drink more.
Medications for Alcoholism
There are currently only three medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration for the treatment of alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence.
Long-Term Antabuse Treatment Shows Big Results
A nine-year study of chronic alcoholics in Europe, where alcohol-deterrent drugs such as disulfiram (Antabuse) and calcium carbimide (Temposil) are more widely used than in the United States, shows that the psychological effects of long-term treatment can produce abstinence rates of more than 50 percent.
Ondansetron May Reduce Craving
A drug used to fight nausea in cancer patients can help the hardest to treat alcoholics significantly reduce their drinking, new research suggests.
FDA Approves Acamprosate for Treatment of Alcoholism
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the drug acamprosate for treating alcohol dependent individuals seeking to continue to remain alcohol-free after they have stopped drinking.
Video Doctor Is Always In
The video doctor, a computer-based multimedia program to help real doctors reduce smoking and alcohol use among their patients, is unobtrusive and patient friendly.
Substance Abuse in the 21st Century
Although medical science hopes to develop more tests and medications for the prevention and treatment of alcoholism, communities already have available many tools to help.
Finally, A Pill for Alcoholism?
In what is being called a major scientific advance and a landmark discovery which could change the direction of alcoholism treatmet, scientists have found that an anti-seizure drug usually prescribed for epileptic patients is highly effective in helping alcohol-dependent individuals stop drinking.