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and was maintained after two weeks of treatment. On a more mechanistic level, these results appear to implicate glutamate in both sleep disturbances and withdrawal symptoms, and acamprosate appears to be able to decrease the physiological effects of glutamate in the brain."

Given that this was a very short-term study, Roehrs said he is hopeful that future research will address what the long-term impact of acamprosate may be. He would also like to learn more about helping those individuals for whom acamprosate does not alleviate sleep problems.

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27-Aug-2006


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