EM Quick Hits Video on Anticraving Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder

Anti-craving medications for alcohol use disorder

  • Alcohol is the most commonly abused substance worldwide.
  • Less than 9% of patients with alcohol use disorder are offered anti-craving medications.
  • Emergency physicians should consider prescribing anti-craving medication for patients with alcohol use disorder.
  • Based on Cochrane Reviews, Naltrexone 50mg daily is first line for alcohol use disorder with a NNT of 12 for a return to heavy drinking and 20 for any drinking. The alternative, is Acamprosate 333 mg 2 tabs tid for patients with advanced liver disease.

The Podcast: EM Quick Hits 3 – Kawasaki Disease Clues to Diagnosis, Suturing Dog Bites: The Evidence, BVM Prior to Laryngoscopy, Anticraving Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder and Managing ED Violence Humanely

In each EM Quick Hits Video, our team hand picks an EM Quick Hits podcast segment and curates a video to enhance you multimodal learning.

Our EM Quick Hits Video team is: Lara Murphy, Yajur Iyengar and Jonathan Whittall