Choosing
the
Most Effective Treatment Program
A Life Saving Guide of What
to Look For
Beyond 12 Steps
By Maia Szalavitz
for MSN Health & Fitness
Although addiction and alcoholism treatment research has advanced
tremendously since Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in 1935, many
people do not know that equally effective alternatives to 12-step
programs exist-nor do they know how to find them. In popular culture,
AA is often portrayed as the only way <more>
As there many different types of people, there
are many different types of support groups and meetings. Find what
works best for you. From 12 STEP to STEP
FREE.
05/10/06
Study Defines Most Effective Alcoholism
Treatments-Naltrexone, Counseling and Medical Management
The study, published in the Journal
of the American Medical Association, showed that patients that received
naltrexone, specialized alcohol counseling, or both had the best
drinking outcomes after 16 weeks of alcohol outpatient treatment.
Study Highlights
Here are the highlights of the COMBINE study results after 16
weeks:
· All
groups substantially reduced drinking during treatment. Overall
percent days abstinent tripled, from 25 to 73 percent, and alcohol
consumption per week decreased from 66 to 13 drinks, a decrease
of 80 percent.
· Patients
who received medical management plus either naltrexone or specialized
counseling showed similarly improved outcomes (PDA= 80.6 percent
and 79.2 percent, respectively), compared with patients who received
medical management and placebo pills (75.1 percent).
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Naltrexone opens the door to new
treatment options for problem drinkers, based on new research
evidence. |
Medication
Helps Alcoholics
Control Drinking
Laura Kennedy, Contributing
Writer
Health
Behavior News Service
A little-known drug called Naltrexone
provides a “meaningful benefit” in helping alcoholics
moderate their drinking, according to the latest review of evidence
from 29 studies on four continents.
The findings, along with the recent FDA approval of a similar
drug called acamprosate, open the door to new treatment options
for drinkers who aren’t yet ready to face total abstinence.<more>
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AA Not the Only
Way —
Your One Stop Resource
Guide to 12 Step Alternatives
This is the first-ever comprehensive global resource guide that tells
counselors and sufferers alike what their options are and where to
find them. A compact but wide-ranging guide to evidence based, non
12-Step treatment.
While everyone has heard of Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step
programs that support millions of people each year with addiction,
they are not the only effective programs available nor do they work
for everyone. <more> |
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Naltrexone
Specialized Alcohol Counseling
an Effective Treatment for Alcohol Dependence
When Delivered with Medical Management
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism,
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
The medication naltrexone and up to 20 sessions
of alcohol counseling by a behavioral specialist are equally effective
treatments for alcohol dependence when delivered with structured
medical management, according to results from "Combining Medications
and Behavioral Interventions for Alcoholism" (The COMBINE Study).
Results from the National Institutes of Health-supported study show
that patients who received naltrexone, specialized alcohol counseling,
or both demonstrated the best drinking outcomes after 16 weeks of
outpatient treatment. <more> |
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