Anti-alcohol pill

People who drink half a bottle of wine or more than three pints every night are being offered a life-saving pill to reduce the amount of alcohol they consume.

Lundbeck a Danish company got a positive note from National Institute for Health and Care Excellence  for their alcoholism medicine Selincro.

Alcohol dependence is a medical and behavioral disease, with a high risk of a chronic, relapsing and progressive course.1 Extensive research over the past 20 years has contributed to understanding the disease, moving alcohol dependence away from a moral character flaw to a medical condition that can and should be treated.

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The pill, known as Selincro, is taken orally once a day and is taken when people feel the urge drink. It works by blocking the part of the brain which gives drinkers pleasure from alcohol, stopping them from wanting more than one drink. However, the pill is aimed at reducing alcohol intake, not stopping drinking.

For more details visit : http://lundbeck.com/global/brain-disorders/disease-areas/alcohol-dependence

 

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