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. 2015 Apr;64(4):238-40.

PURLs: Consider these medications to help patients stay sober

Sydney Hendry  1 , Anne Mounsey  1
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PURLs: Consider these medications to help patients stay sober

Sydney Hendry et al. J Fam Pract. 2015 Apr.

Abstract

Naltrexone can help prevent relapse in recently detoxified patients with alcohol use disorder. The evidence for acamprosate is not quite as strong.

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