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Rehab News:New drug could reduce alcohol cravings

Researchers have found that a drug named topiramate could help to reduce self-reported drinking.

The results of a proof of concept trial, which was published in the August issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, show that topiramate can reduce both consumption and cravings of alcohol in patients with alcohol dependence who have not yet managed to give up.

This represents a major breakthrough, according to study author Bankole A Johnson, as so few medications to treat alcohol exist.

"This study is the first demonstration of topiramate's efficacy for treating alcohol dependence… treatment was efficacious at reducing not only drinking and craving for alcohol, but also improving abstinence and lifestyle."

The results were welcomed by Raye Z Litten, co-leader of the Medications Development Team at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, who noted one of the positives of the treatment was that "patients were not required to be abstinent before taking the medication".

Few side effects of the treatment have been noted, and those that have been - including psychomotor slowing, word-naming difficulties and weight loss - were found to be of a moderate nature.