Ketamine may reduce heavy drinkers' craving A one-off dose of ketamine may help heavy drinkers cut back on alcohol, an experimental trial by University College London suggests.
When the sedative was used to disrupt people's memories of why they wanted to drink, they drank less and their urge to drink lowered over nine months.
The researchers say ketamine could be a helpful treatment for alcohol and other addictions. BBC News
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When the sedative was used to disrupt people's memories of why they wanted to drink, they drank less and their urge to drink lowered over nine months.
The researchers say ketamine could be a helpful treatment for alcohol and other addictions. BBC News
See also:
- Ketamine can reduce harmful drinking by pharmacologically rewriting drinking memories (open access) Nature Communications
- One shot of ketamine could reduce problem drinking University College London
- Injecting alcoholics with KETAMINE could help them quit problem drinking The Daily Mail
- One ketamine dose could help heavy drinkers reduce alcohol intake, study reveals The Independent
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