The newest treatment for AUD, acamprosate (Campral) was developed in France. The FDA approved the drug for abstinence ...

Although it's been used since the 1980s, naltrexone remains a relatively unknown treatment for alcohol dependency. Costing around £3 per pill, the drug blocks the "euphoric and sedative effects ...

Emergency department (ED) clinicians face multiple barriers in initiating naltrexone for alcohol use disorder (AUD), including a lack of screening protocols and limited treatment awareness.

The following is a summary of “Evaluation of Barriers and Interventions for Emergency Department-Initiated Naltrexone for the ...

In the ICONICplus study, it will investigate the added value of treatment with CBD and naltrexone compared to established standard treatments for alcohol addiction. More information: Sina ...

Naltrexone is cheap and has the potential to stop dangerous drinking, so why is it not used everywhere? Sophie Gallagher meets one man who turned his life around ...

disulfiram is effective at increasing consecutive days of abstinence from alcohol. Naltrexone is an opioid receptor antagonist that has been shown to reduce craving for alcohol in a subset of ...

Only a tiny percentage of people addicted to alcohol or drugs take medication for it. Why not? It's complicated, but the ...