Although it’s not a panacea, in hundreds of studies naltrexone has been found to be a safe and effective medication for helping people reduce and stop drinking. The drug, which is classified as ...

For many Americans, St. Patrick’s Day is a moment to don green apparel and indulge in drinking a few – or more than a few – ...

Although it's been used since the 1980s, naltrexone remains a relatively unknown treatment for alcohol dependency. Costing around £3 per pill, the drug blocks the "euphoric and sedative effects ...

Patients who receive inpatient treatment are far more likely to be prescribed life-saving addiction medications, a new study ...

But what if you didn’t have to worry about getting a hangover? That might now be the case, as a new ‘pre-drinking pill’ launched in the UK today (5 July), designed to break down alcohol ...

There are also four more ongoing trials of this medication for drinking, including one that we're conducting at the University of Colorado. If enough of those trials are also positive, if they ...