EU OKs Lundbeck's Selincro to Cut Alcoholic Urges

Published March 1, 2013

EU OKs Lundbeck's Selincro to cut alcoholic urges

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Clinical trials of the drug have shown that it can reduce alcohol consumption by approximately 60% after six months treatment, equating to an average reduction of nearly one bottle of wine per day. In March last year, data was published from two Phase …
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Round table discussion focuses on prescription drug abuse

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Rahall decided to organize the roundtable after introducing the Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, the House companion measure to the Senate bill authored by Rockefeller. The bills would promote both physician and consumer …
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Large genetic study paves way for new treatment of mental illness

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… challenge the existing way of doing business,” said Dr Ian Hickie, professor of psychiatry at University of Sydney. Professor Hickie said the calcium channel genes identified were particularly interesting. “We already have drugs that act on those …
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