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Study of existing drug, prazosin, offers hope for highly struggling AUD patients
Author(s) -
Enos Gary
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32906
Subject(s) - prazosin , drug , alcohol use disorder , medicine , intensive care medicine , alcohol , psychiatry , chemistry , receptor , antagonist , biochemistry
Results of a new study of an old drug's potential to relieve some of the most painful symptoms associated with alcohol use disorder (AUD) offer hope, but they also remind the research community why the process of identifying viable treatments remains so painstakingly complex.