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Bobby
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 Posted: 09/14/05 - 18:19 Post subject: Alcoholics Getting Help From New Drugs |
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Twenty five years alcohol abuser testified that for the first time this year he managed to stay sober after just 3 days naltrexone consumption. Naltrexone is a new drug used by specialist in treating alcoholism. This drug blocks the brain chemicals that make alcoholics feel good after a drink. The drug is used along with the counseling.
After only three days, the alcohol abuser reported that the urge to drink was gone.
Unfortunately, most alcoholics who are being treated aren't prescribed drugs because only few doctors other than addiction specialists are familiar with existing drugs, and because most doctors see alcoholism as a behavioral problem best treated by counseling and programs like Alcoholics Anonymous.
Even though the reports of the drug are positive, some of the health insurers are unwilling to cover for the newest drugs. However, the government's National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism is sponsoring more than 50 clinical trials involving drugs to treat alcoholism, compared with just six such trials a dozen years ago.
The two most known drugs used to treat alcoholism are naltrexone, which won the approval in1994, and a decades-old drug Antabuse, which was designed to discourage drinking by making users sick if they had any alcohol.
The scientists are trying to create a drug-menu for treating alcoholism, so that alcoholics can choose between drugs just like depression patients. Even though new drugs can’t help solve alcoholism, they can sure help some people along with counseling. |
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Naltrexone is now approved in a 1 x per month shot form, making life much easier for the alcoholic to recover!!  |
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anika
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| Posted: 07/07/06 - 02:32 Post subject: reply |
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| this is cool. can this save my married life? |
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