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Remedy promises to reduce level of alcohol dependence in 61%

07/05/2013

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Tests approve use of nalmefene for abusive drinkers

LONDON-UK health authorities approved the sale from this Monday, a remedy that was able, in clinical trials, to reduce dependency by alcohol. The nalmefene, as it is called the active principle, which made consumers abusive alcohol drink 61% less on average after six months of treatment.

Sold in Europe under the trade name Selincro, the drug is not indicated for those who are already at rock bottom, with withdrawal symptoms and immediate need for detox, but for anyone who is a level before. Fits who drink to excess, which for the World Health Organization means taking more than four doses per day, or four cans of beer, in the case of men. For women, the limit of abuse is more than three doses daily.

Alcohol is one of the causes of more than 60 types of diseases and injuries. Genetic factors and the environment in which we live are important in the development of addiction, but it is estimated that the DNA has 60% contribution in the risk of becoming an alcoholic.

Monitoring social

The clinical test done by the laboratory that produces the drug, Denmark, found that heavy drinkers who drank alcohol doses 12.75 per day could cut consumption to five doses. The medication can not be prescribed without medical supervision. In the same test, those that the beverage exceeded 23 times per month do you come to nine times during the month.

- For those who have dependent withdrawal seizures, there are already drugs on the market that are more suitable - explains psychiatrist Analice Gigliotti, chief of the dependencies of the Holy House of Mercy of the River - The nalmefene is another remedy to join the arsenal we have to reduce the abuse, but always with some degree of medical supervision.

The psychiatrist draws attention to the fact that the drug alone does not work. The drug, legal or not, is also linked to the social environment of the dependent. The medical supervision is essential for the patient to break with the situations that lead to drinking. According to the manufacturer Selincro, Lundbeck, patients tested were not alcoholics typical, but people still with family and work.

The remedy, which is not sold in Brazil, is a branch of naltrexone, substance studied for almost 30 years, used for the treatment of addiction to opiates such as heroin.
Six months of treatment with Selincro costs the equivalent of U.S. $ 1580.

 

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