April 6, 2005JAMA632 citations
Efficacy and Tolerability of Long-Acting Injectable Naltrexone for Alcohol Dependence
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Key Points
- The aim is to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of long-acting injectable naltrexone in treating alcohol dependence.
- Long-acting naltrexone was administered to alcohol-dependent patients.
- Participants were treatment-seeking individuals during a 6 months therapy period.
- Patients experienced significant reductions in heavy drinking during the treatment period.
- Long-acting naltrexone was well tolerated by the patients.
Abstract
Long-acting naltrexone was well tolerated and resulted in reductions in heavy drinking among treatment-seeking alcohol-dependent patients during 6 months of therapy. These data indicate that long-acting naltrexone can be of benefit in the treatment of alcohol dependence.
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Garbutt et al. (2005) studied this question.