A new treatment for heavy drinkers that claims to reduce alcohol consumption by 61% is now available in Ireland.
Called Selincro, it’s aimed at alcohol-dependent patients, and its makers saw a 61% reduction in alcohol consumption after six months of treatment in suitable patients.
It’s aimed at reducing alcohol consumption (rather than total abstinence) in patients who have a high drinking risk level – and who don’t need immediate detoxification.
Patients take one tablet each day that they think they might drink alcohol.
It doesn’t prevent the intoxicating effects of alcohol, and it costs €100 for 28 tablets or €50 for 14 tablets.
Source: Aoife Barry, thejournal.ie, 02/04/15
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