Alcoholism: Smoking Cessation Aide Shows Promise as Alcoholism Treatment
Smoking cessation aide shows promise as alcoholism treatment
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( University of Chicago Medical Center ) A medication commonly used to help people stop smoking may have an unanticipated positive side effect for an entirely different vice: drinking alcohol. A new study by University of Chicago researchers finds that varenicline, sold as Chantix, increases the negative effects of alcohol and therefore could hold promise as a treatment for alcoholism.
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Smoking cessation drug may help treat alcoholism
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Washington, Feb 16 : Varenicline, a medication commonly used to help people stop smoking could hold promise as a treatment for alcoholism, researchers say.
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Smoking cessation meds shows promise as alcoholism treatment, study suggests
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A medication commonly used to help people stop smoking may have an unanticipated positive side effect for an entirely different vice: drinking alcohol. A new study finds that varenicline, sold as Chantix, increases the negative effects of alcohol and therefore could hold promise as a treatment for alcoholism.
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The brain's caudate nucleus and frontal cortex are less active in people who drink more
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( Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research ) Alcohol abuse and dependence are common problems in the United States due to a number of factors, two of which may be social drinking by college students and young adults, and risk taking that may lead to heavier drinking later in life. A study of the neural underpinnings of risk-taking in young, non-dependent social drinkers has found that the …
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