The article discusses the results of a study that highlighted the prn use of nalmefene, an opioid antagonist for heightened alcohol craving and a compound similar to naltrexone (ReVia). Findings reveal that the substance can reduce the number of heavy drinking days and total amount of alcohol ...
Previous research has shown that mineralocorticoid receptors, which are located throughout the brain and other organs and help regulate fluid and electrolyte balance in the body, might play a role in alcohol use and craving. Preclinical research suggests that higher mineralocorticoid receptor signaling c...
UCLA research shows that the drug, ibudilast, reduces people’s craving for alcohol and appears to improve their ability to recover from a stressful situation. Credit: Sebastian Hernandez/UCLA UCLA researchers have found that an anti-inflammatory drug primarily used in Japan to treat asthma could ...
Previous research has shown that mineralocorticoid receptors, which are located throughout the brain and other organs and help regulate fluid and electrolyte balance in the body, might play a role in alcohol use and craving. Preclinical research suggests that higher mineralocorticoid receptor signaling c...
Medication assisted therapy helps with alcoholism by reducing the craving for alcohol. It also reduces the withdrawal symptoms that are commonly felt after quitting drinking. In some cases, medications also are used as an alcohol deterrent, meaning they make drinking less pleasant, or even make you...
The efficacy of memantine for the treatment of nicotine addiction has been investigated as well. In a preclinical study, memantine was found to block the acquisition of nicotine self-administration[159]. However, in humans, memantine does not influence cigarette consump- tion, craving, or ...
OBJECTIVE: Alcohol dependence is one of the major chronic disorder with high mortality and morbidity in the today's world, with a relapsing and remitting course. The main objective of the present study was to assess the prescribing pattern and cost of anticraving medications in alcohol dependent ...
Evidence in the PTSD literature largely supports this process and suggests that the severity of PTSD symptoms predict alcohol craving and intake in a prospective and proximal manner (Langdon et al., 2016). With respect to genetic contributions to the self-medication hypothesis, several studies ...
There is a possibility that a depot form of naltrexone being developed for the treatment of alcoholism could be useful in the treatment of opioid addiction. Various drug strategies have focused on methods to reduce the effects of excess dopamine; these include partial antagonists at dopamine ...
Staff training on the topic of medications for alcohol and substance abuse disorders. 4. The lack of continuity of care throughout each of the components of thecriminal justice systemresulting in gaps in services. 5. The lack of standards, education, best practices, and research to inform the...