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Alcohol Use
The alcoholism-treatment medication, acamprosate, may help abstinent alcoholics sleep better
September 20th, 2006
Alcoholics generally don't sleep well, whether or not they are drinking; in fact, sleep difficulties during alcohol abstinence may be responsible for a relapse to alcoholism as individuals attempt to self medicate their sleeping problems. New findings show that an alcoholism-treatment drug called acamprosate, widely used in Europe, can alleviate post-withdrawal sleep disturbances by influencing glutamatergic transmission. Results are published in a recent issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. "During chronic and excessive use of alcohol, short periods of deep sleep become interrupted by brief periods of restlessness," said Luc...
Source: Biotech Week (2006-09-20)
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