Alcoholism: Good News for Drinkers: Gabapentin Gets a Boost in Treating Alcoholism

Good News For Drinkers: Gabapentin Gets A Boost In Treating Alcoholism
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A new study shows that an inexpensive generic drug can substantially benefit people with long-term alcoholism who are trying to quit drinking.
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Epilepsy drug safely treats alcoholism
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Alcoholism is safely treated with the epilepsy drug gabapentin, a Scripps Research study finds.
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Alcoholism gene found in males
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Alcohol dependence has long been known to be more common among men than women. And now, Yale researchers think they have found the genetic root of this difference. Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine analyzed the genetic code of 2,927 individuals and found that two mutations in a gene on the X-chromosome correlated with ยป
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