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A Pill to Treat Alcoholism Exists. Why Aren’t Doctors Prescribing It More?

Por: Slate Health July 23, 2024

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In 2017, Katie Lain was blacking out several times each week from drinking alcohol. On weeknights, she would typically down at least one bottle of wine, often more, and on weekends she binged vodka. But even after suffering a pulmonary embolism in her 30s, which her doctor tied to her excessive drinking, she struggled to quit. Later that year, a doctor prescribed naltrexone, a drug that blocks chemical activity in the brain’s reward centers.... + full article



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