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 ...

Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol. 2012;5(4):427-435. Naltrexone is relatively well tolerated, and the primary side effects are gastrointestinal discomfort. Higher doses (above 50 mg/day) have been ...

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 ...

Naltrexone, a drug used to treat opioid and alcohol use disorder, was associated with just a 14% reduction in the risk of ...

For others, it reduces alcohol consumption and the cravings that trigger binge use or relapses. Naltrexone is one of three standard FDA-approved medications currently on the market to treat AUD.

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

For alcohol use disorder and opioid use disorder ... problems go away within a few hours to days of starting naltrexone treatment. But how long side effects last can vary from person to person.

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 ...

Researchers hypothesized that certain pharmacological properties of obesity drugs might influence alcohol use. For example, naltrexone reduces alcohol cravings, while GLP-1 RAs may diminish the ...