Study results offer guidance in treatment
...received pills: naltrexone (100 milligrams a day), acamprosate (3 grams a day), both naltrexone and acamprosate, ..., neither combining naltrexone with the medication acamprosate nor combining naltrexone with the program's specialized behavioral treatment provided an additive be...Effective alcohol dependence treatments defined
...hers found no effect on drinking of the medication acamprosate and no additive benefit from adding acamprosate to naltrexone. Effect of Combined Pharmacotherapies and Behavioral Interventions for Alcohol Depende...Successful treatment of alcoholism found in the doctor's office
...ent groups: 1. MM, naltrexone and placebo acamprosate 2. MM, acamprosate and placebo naltrexone 3. MM and both acamprosate and naltrexone 4. MM and double pl...Particular treatments effective for alcohol dependence
... (i.e., CBI). We found no evidence of efficacy for acamprosate and also no evidence of incremental efficacy for combinations of naltrexone, acamprosate, and CBI. Somewhat unexpectedly, we observed a positive effect of receiving placebo medication and medical management over and above that seen with specialist-de...Alcoholism-treatment medication acamprosate may help abstinent alcoholics sleep better
...bstinence from alcohol. New findings suggest that acamprosate shows promise as a treatment method for alleviatin...irst study of its kind to show positive effects of acamprosate on sleep disorders." The seemingly greater popularity of acamprosate in Europe, noted Staner, is ...