ReviewDrugs in context2018
Practical outpatient pharmacotherapy for alcohol use disorder.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Added Value of Pharmacotherapy to Cognitive Behavior Therapy And Vice Versa in the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders: A Systematic Review.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2022Pooled it
- Identifying responders to gabapentin for the treatment of alcohol use disorder: an exploratory machine learning approach.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2025Trial
- Associations between substance use treatment and ketamine use: A hypothesis-generating analysis.Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Article
- Investigating Therapeutic Targets for Alcohol Use Disorder: Pharmacological View of ClinicalTrials.gov Data.International journal of general medicine · 2025Review
- Alcohol Use Disorder Pharmacotherapy in Patients With Alcohol-Related Liver Disease: A Scoping Review.Canadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2025Article
- Alcoholic cardiomyopathy: an update.European heart journal · 2024Review
- Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Prevention of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- The use of medications approved for alcohol use disorders in Italy.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- The Effects of Citalopram and Thalamic Dopamine DPsychiatry journal · 2022Article
- Real-world effectiveness of pharmacological treatments of alcohol use disorders in a Swedish nation-wide cohort of 125 556 patients.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2021Article
- Neurochemical Evidence of Preclinical and Clinical Reports on Target-Based Therapy in Alcohol Used Disorder.Neurochemical research · 2020Review
- Efficacy of Pharmacological Interventions in Targeting Decision-Making Impairments across Substance and Behavioral Addictions.Neuropsychology review · 2019Review
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is commonly encountered in clinical practice. A combination of psychosocial intervention and pharmacotherapy is the cornerstone of AUD treatment. Despite their efficacy, safety and cost-effectiveness, clinicians are reluctant to prescribe medications to treat individuals with AUD. Given the high rate of relapse with psychosocial intervention alone, increasing patient access to this underutilized treatment has the potential to improve clinical outcome in this difficult-to-treat population. Herein, we provide practical pharmacotherapy strategies to improve treatment outcome for AUD. We review the efficacy and side effects of both on- and off-label agents with a particular focus on clinical applicability. Recommendations are supported by findings from randomized controlled trials (RCT) and meta-analyses selected to be representative, where possible, of current treatment guidelines. The goal of this paper is to help readers use pharmacotherapy with greater confidence when treating patients with AUD.
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