Long-term naltrexone can curb alcohol abuse.(Psychiatry)

Publication: Internal Medicine News

Publication Date: 15-DEC-04

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PARIS -- Long-term therapy with naltrexone can help keep alcohol-dependent patients on the wagon, Barbara J. Mason, Ph.D., said in a poster presentation at the 24th Congress of the Collegium Internationale NeuroPsychopharmacologicum.

In a controlled study, "patients randomized to naltrexone had a significantly longer latency to their first heavy drinking episode, and longer latency to dropout due to treatment failure," said Dr....

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