ArticleMedical journal, Armed Forces India2008
Use of Anti-Craving Agents in Soldiers with Alcohol Dependence Syndrome.
Article in Medical journal, Armed Forces India, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Anticonvulsants for alcohol dependence.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- Critical needs in drug discovery for cessation of alcohol and nicotine polysubstance abuse.Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry · 2016Review
- Relationship between Craving and Early Relapse in Alcohol Dependence: A Short-Term Follow-up Study.Indian journal of psychological medicineArticle
- Pharmacotherapy for relapse prevention of alcohol use disorder in the Indian setting: A systematic review.Industrial psychiatry journalReview
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Abstract
backgroundIn a search for an effective 'anti-alcohol pill', three modern anti-craving agents have been studied in alcoholics of Army/ DSC, Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard.
methods129 patients of alcohol dependence syndrome were randomly assigned to three groups where topiramate, acamprosate and naltrexone were used as anti-craving agents in a year long prospective study. Of these 92 patients completed the study. RESULT AND
conclusionTopiramate (76.3%) appears to be significantly more effective (p<0.01) in sustaining abstinence, though naltrexone (57.7%) and acamprosate (60.70%) offer moderate relapse-prevention efficacy. Side effects of all the three agents have been mild, transient and self-limiting. We recommend a trial of topiramate, before invaliding out of any alcoholic soldier.
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