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Anticraving medication for moderate to severe alcohol use disorder
Jon Mong, Keith Ahamad and Paxton Bach
CMAJ May 10, 2021 193 (19) E695; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.200895
Jon Mong
Division of General Internal Medicine (Mong), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Departments of Family Practice (Ahamad) and Medicine (Bach), University of British Columbia; British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (Ahamad, Bach), St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC
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Division of General Internal Medicine (Mong), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Departments of Family Practice (Ahamad) and Medicine (Bach), University of British Columbia; British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (Ahamad, Bach), St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC
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Division of General Internal Medicine (Mong), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Departments of Family Practice (Ahamad) and Medicine (Bach), University of British Columbia; British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (Ahamad, Bach), St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC
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- Mong, J., Ahamad, K., & Bach, P. (2021). Des médicaments réduisant l’appétence pour l’alcool pour traiter les troubles de consommation d’alcool modérés à graves. CMAJ, 193(30), E1196-E1197. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.200895-f.
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Anticraving medication for moderate to severe alcohol use disorder
Jon Mong, Keith Ahamad, Paxton Bach
CMAJ May 2021, 193 (19) E695; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.200895
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- Anticraving medications help patients to reduce their alcohol consumption by controlling cravings
- Psychosocial interventions should be offered in addition to evidence-based pharmacotherapy
- First-line pharmacotherapy includes naltrexone and acamprosate
- Second-line agents include topiramate and gabapentin
- Anticraving therapies are not a treatment for acute alcohol withdrawal
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