... that the drug gabapentin affects certain components of the alcohol addiction cycle in the brain, supporting the idea ... Food and Drug Administration for treating seizures and pain, also holds potential for the treatment of alcohol dependence ...
... dependence. "What we've found is that topiramate treats the alcohol addiction, not just the 'symptom' of drinking," says lead ... anti-hypertensive medication, which can complicate their treatment for alcoholism," explains Johnson. "Because topiramate can reduce ...
... Lawrence said that drugs affecting the adenosine A2A receptor show preclinical promise to treat alcohol addiction. “Earlier this year we found that the adenosine A2A ...
... drug commonly used to treat alcohol addiction has a similar effect on pathological gamblers – it curbs the urge ... therapy. "Medication can be helpful, but people with gambling addiction often have multiple other issues that should be addressed ...
People struggling with alcohol addiction got some promising news this week: A team led by researchers ... Administration to treat seizures and migraine headaches. But doctors can prescribe it "off label" for alcohol dependence ...
More than 15 million Americans drink too much, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. New research on rats may help them curb that addiction. [More]
... -affective disorders, manic depression and drug and alcohol addiction, were also shown to have a much greater risk ... during delivery among women with drug and alcohol problems was more than double that of healthy women. Women ...
... at San Antonio). When asked about their own behavior in relation to materialism, compulsive buying, drug and alcohol addiction, cigarette smoking, shoplifting, gambling ...
... that bulimia, which is currently classified as a disorder, would perhaps be more accurately described — and treated — as an addiction. As with drug and alcohol addictions, this would mean more federal ...
... as cancer treatments might also help to beat alcohol addiction. That's the conclusion of a discovery in flies of a gene ... response to alcohol can yield insight into the genetic factors contributing to the more complex process of addiction. Earlier ...
... , have discovered a new brain mechanism involved in alcohol addiction involving the stomach hormone ghrelin ... , increases hunger. The new finding, that it is also involved in alcohol addiction, highlights the reward system of the brain ...
... have discovered a new brain mechanism involved in alcohol addiction involving the stomach hormone ghrelin ... on the reward system are reduced. It is an important discovery that could lead to new therapies for addictions such as alcohol dependence ...
... ' brains do. Of the many things that long-term alcohol addiction can steal -- careers, lives, health, memory -- one of its most heartbreaking tolls is on relationships. Alcoholics, researchers have long known, have a tendency to misread ...
... coaching in 2003 struggling with overwhelming drug and alcohol addictions, ultimately dying from a drug overdose ... , died with similar late-onset drug and alcohol problems. Borich was known to have approximately 10 ...
... 's stress system, which contributes to cycles of drug and alcohol binging and withdrawal, in driving these behaviors. They found that during ... in abstinence from palatable food has neurobiological similarities to the negative emotional state of drug and alcohol addicts ...
