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- From: georgec@eng.umd.edu (George B. Clark)
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- Subject: Nalaxone - new drug for treating alcholics
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- Date: 27 Jan 93 22:09:27 GMT
- Organization: University of Maryland
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- My understanding is that Nalaxone, a morphine antagonist, offers new
- hope for alcoholics. According to an article in the November 1992
- Archives of General Psychiatry, Nalaxone significantly reduces an
- alcoholic's craving for alcohol. Some alcoholics can even take
- one or two drinks without feeling compelled to become drunk.
-
- Anyway, all the above is something I heard on the radio. I don't
- know whether doctors are actually prescribing Nalaxone at this time,
- but I've been telling my alcoholic friends about it.
-