Opioid-blocking medication reduces brain's response to alcoholism cues

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 14:40 in Health & Medicine

Researchers at Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital have produced the first evidence that the opioid blocker extended-release injectable naltrexone (XR-NTX) is able to reduce the brain's response to cues that may cause alcoholics to relapse.

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