Naltrexone is under development for the treatment of alcohol, opioid addiction and methamphetamine use disorder (MUD). It is a long acting implantable naltrexone implant, administered by the ...

Naltrexone is cheap and has the potential to stop dangerous drinking, so why is it not used everywhere? Sophie Gallagher ...

In our ongoing look at treating substance abuse in America, we turn to the most commonly used drug, and one of the deadliest: alcohol. Drinking kills more Americans every year than opioids or any ...

Among addiction researchers, however, any reduction in drinking is increasingly seen as a win. In addition to naltrexone, ...

Joe Breen, 38, is one of thousands of people whose experiences with GLP-1s such as Ozempic and Wegovy have radically changed their relationship with alcohol. Are these drugs the future for treating ...

There may be properties of anti-obesity medications that lead to reduced use. For example, naltrexone decreases cravings for alcohol and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs ...

Anti-obesity medication use was associated with reduced alcohol consumption among patients in a telehealth medical weight ...

Transcranial magnetic stimulation for alcohol use disorders is under investigation. Research to date suggests TMS could play ...

While naltrexone or acamprosate blocks the ... Leggio said it’s important to note that the three FDA-approved medications do work for alcohol addiction. He said they work as well as selective ...

Approximately half (53.3%) reported alcohol use at baseline. Medications included metformin, bupropion combined with naltrexone (Contrave), liraglutide (Saxenda), dulaglutide (Trulicity ...