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.
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