Compliance Is The Best Path To Recovery

While certain pharmaceutical drugs can reduce acute withdrawal symptoms and/or urges to drink alcohol, clearly they will not work if patients do not adhere to a regimen. Although behavioral treatments can facilitate medication adherence, different combinations have different effects on different people. An examination of two medications for treating alcohol dependence, used in combination with two behavioral treatments, has found that medication adherence is still best for success.

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Filed under: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs on June 19th, 2008