Addiction Medicine

Study: Alcohol treatment meds, behavioral therapy effective for cocaine addiction

Published in Health and Medicine Week, March 29th, 2004

Results of a study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), U.S. National Institutes of Health, suggest that disulfiram, a medication used to treat alcohol addiction, is effective in combating cocaine abuse.

The researchers also conclude in the same study that combining disulfiram with behavioral therapy provides more positive results in treating cocaine dependence than disulfiram in combination with another form of therapy. The research is published in the March 2004 issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry.

In the study, 121 cocaine-dependent individuals randomly were assigned to receive disulfiram (also known as Antabuse)...

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Source: Health and Medicine Week (2004-03-29)

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