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Alcoholism

Related Topics:

• wine / alcohol / hangovers / cirrhosis

Popular Supplements:

• St. John's wort

Alternative News:

• Alcohol withdrawal - vitacost
• Antioxidants May Protect Against Alcohol Damage - Intelihealth, 6/3/03 - "fed rats a liquid diet containing alcohol for six weeks ... They found a 66 percent decrease in the number of new cells in crucial parts of the brain and an increase in cell death of more than 227 percent ... But in rats that also received injections of the antioxidant ebselen, the damage to developing cells did not occur ... The antioxidant ebselen was used because it is known to have protective effects in the liver and digestive tract and has few side effects in humans"
• Comparison of hypericum extracts with imipramine and fluoxetine in animal models of depression and alcoholism - Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 1999 Dec;9(6):461-8 - "The present study suggests that hypericum extracts have antidepressant-like properties which resemble those of clinically established antidepressants, and that Remotiv may be an interesting adjunct for the treatment of alcoholism"

General Information:

• Alcoholism - American Academy of Family Physicians
• Alcoholism - emedicine.com
• Alcoholism - familydoctor.org
• Books on alcoholism - Amazon.com
• Treatments for alcoholism - Medifocus.com

CME:

• Depot Naltrexone Effectively Treats Alcohol Dependence - Medscape, exp. 7/15/05

Other News:

• Medication Shows Promise As A Treatment For Alcohol Dependence - Science Daily, 10/9/07
• Migraine pill helps some alcoholics taper off - USATODAY.com, 10/9/07
• Brain Atrophy in Alcoholics: Relationship with Alcohol Intake; Liver Disease; Nutritional Status, and Inflammation - Alcohol Alcohol. 2007 Sep 11 - "Brain atrophy is frequently observed in alcoholics, but relationships with liver function, cytokines, nutritional status, and hormone levels are poor"
• High Alcohol Consumption Increases Stroke Risk Among Chinese Men - Science Daily, 8/20/07
• Vivitrol, the First, Once-Monthly Injectable Medication for Alcohol Dependence Now Available in the United States - Doctor's Guide, 6/13/06
• Motivation key to beating alcoholism - MSNBC, 5/2/06
• Successful Treatment Of Alcoholism Found In The Doctor's Office - Science Daily, 5/2/06
• FDA OKs New Alcoholism Treatment - WebMD, 4/14/06
• Injection to treat alcoholism OK'd - USA Today, 4/13/06
• New Paradigm Embraced For Alcohol Treatment - Clinical Psychiatry News, 1/06
• Twofold Approach Best Fights Alcoholism - WebMD, 10/13/05
• New drugs promise treatments for alcoholism - MSNBC, 9/13/05
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Issues New Clinician's Guide for Helping Patients Who Drink Too Much - Doctor's Guide, 7/19/05
• Patients with Alcohol Dependence Have Continued Benefit After 18 Months of Naltrexone Therapy - Doctor's Guide, 5/31/05
• Once-a-month Naltrexone Successfully Used To Treat Alcohol Dependence - Science Daily, 5/17/05
• Campral (Acamprosate Calcium) Appears Safe, Well-Tolerated in Long-Term Treatment of Alcohol Dependence - Doctor's Guide, 4/15/05
• Treating Alcoholism With a Monthly Shot - WebMD, 4/5/05
• Medication Helps Alcoholics Control Drinking - Science Daily, 3/5/05
• 1/3 Fully Recover From Alcoholism - WebMD, 1/19/05
• First New Treatment for Alcoholism in Ten Years, Now Available Campral (Acamprosate Calcium) Delayed-Release Tablets - Doctor's Guide, 1/11/05
• Drug Approved for Alcoholism - Physician's Weekly, 11/15/04
• Oral Topiramate Reduces the Consequences of Drinking and Improves the Quality of Life of Alcohol-Dependent Individuals: A Randomized Controlled Trial - Archives of General Psychiatry, 9/04
• Alcohol Abstinence Drug Wins FDA Approval - Clinical Psychiatry News, 9/04
• Seizure Drug May Help Kick Alcohol Addiction - WebMD, 8/15/04
• FDA Approves Campral (Acamprosate) for Treatment of Alcohol Dependency - Doctor's Guide, 7/30/04
• Mirtazapine Effective For Anxiety and Depression in Alcohol Detoxification - Doctor's Guide, 10/6/03
• Combination Tx Promising For Alcoholics - Clinical Psychiatry News, 9/03
• Topiramate Effective Treatment for Alcohol Dependence - Doctor's Guide, 5/27/03
• Severe Alcohol Addiction May Be Widely Prevalent In Bipolar Patients - Doctor's Guide, 5/20/03
• Topiramate Improves Abstinence From Drinking - Doctor's Guide, 5/16/03
• Epilepsy Drug May Help Cure Alcoholics - WebMD, 5/15/03
• Alcoholism: AA Best; Experts Unsure Why - WebMD, 4/25/03
• Antabuse No Panacea for Alcoholism - Clinical Psychiatry News, 4/03
• Benzodiazepines Are Best for Alcohol Withdrawal - Clinical Psychiatry News, 4/03
• Naltrexone Depot May Curb Alcohol Dependence - Clinical Psychiatry News, 2/03
• Ondansetron Curbs Drinking in Some Alcoholics - Clinical Psychiatry News, 9/02
• FDA Panel Mulls European Data on Alcohol Drug [acamprosate] - Clinical Psychiatry News, 7/02
• Benzodiazepines Better PRN, Not ATC for Alcohol Withdrawal - Medscape, 6/3/02
• Cancer May Progress More Rapidly in Alcoholics - WebMD, 5/15/02
• Adult Children of Alcoholics Display Less Acute Response to Environmental Cues - Doctor's Guide, 4/16/02
• Researchers Link Alcoholism and Suicide - Doctor's Guide, 4/16/02
• Ondansetron Reduces Craving In Biologically Predisposed Early-Onset Alcoholics - Doctor's Guide, 4/9/02
• Study Finds 1,400 College Student Deaths Annually Related To Alcohol - Intelihealth, 4/9/02
• Naltrexone Reduces Craving in Alcohol Dependence - Doctor's Guide, 2/28/02
• Include Smoking Cessation in Alcohol Abstinence Program - Clinical Psychiatry News, 1/02
• Galanthamine Cuts Alcohol Intake, Not Relapses - Clinical Psychiatry News, 1/02
• Poor Results For Naltrexone In Alcoholism Study - Doctor's Guide, 12/13/01
• Alcoholics Do Well On Naltrexone Along With Skills Training - Doctor's Guide, 11/15/01
• Anticonvulsant, Valproate (Divalproex), Possible Treatment Option for Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome - Doctor's Guide, 9/17/01 - see valproate

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