New drug could help alcoholics curb drinking
Posted December 23, 2010 4:00 pm.
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Doctors and public health authorities may soon have a new way to fight alcoholism.
Researchers in Europe are testing a new drug that could curb a person’s urge to have more than a few drinks.
Nalmefene blocks brain signals that make activities like sex and drinking feel good.
If it’s proven successful — it could be approved for sale in Europe as early as 2012.
That would make it the first new alcoholism treatment approved there in more than 15 years.
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