No Clear Role for Medications in Less Dependent Drinkers
Submitted by Mike Ashton
- 8 December 2017
In 2013 nalmefene was authorised for moderating drinking among patients not in need of detoxification, extending pharmacotherapy to less dependent drinkers. Though uniquely authorised for this purpose, this review found other (and probably cheaper) drugs have been just as or possibly more effective, but for none was there high quality evidence, and for some substantial safety concerns.