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Useful Articles

Sweeping Review Finds Naltrexone Effective

Treating Alcoholism as a Chronic Disease
(PDF)

Addiction in the Healthcare Professions

Today's Nurse - September 2002

Medication and Craving (PDF)

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Stigma of Addiction

(published at www.jointogether.org)

Why Is Recovery From Alcoholism So Difficult


A Point of View Concerning Treatment Approaches With Narcotic Antagonists (PDF)

Man on a mission says new drug can defeat addictions

(St. Louis Post Dispatch 8-19-03)

Active Ingredients of Effective Treatment (PDF)

 

Government Research & Studies

Naltrexone
Naltrexone And Alcoholism Treatment
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series 28

Presents current knowledge about the use of naltrexone, an opioid antagonist medication first synthesized in the 1960s and subsequently developed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). This medicine was initially developed to treat opiate addiction.

Subsequently, research sponsored by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, which is still ongoing, found that naltrexone can help prevent relapse to alcohol use disorder when combined with traditional treatment modalities.

TIP 28 is available FREE, in print by calling the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information at 1-800-729-6686.
Ask for DHHS Publication No. (SMA) 98-3206.
To view online click here

Suboxone® (buphrenorphine)
Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Buprenorphine in the Treatment of Opioid Addiction

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) 40

Provides consensus and evidence-based treatment guidance for the use of buprenorphine, a new option for the treatment of opioid addiction. The goal of this TIP is to provide physicians with information they can use to make practical and informed decisions about the use of buprenorphine to treat opioid addiction.

TIP 28 is available FREE, in print, by calling the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information at 1-800-729-6686.
Ask for publication order number BKD504.
To view online click here