There are many reasons why people drink, and one of them is alcohol withdrawal. The withdrawal state causes anxiety, negative mood, and cravings, and these kinds of symptoms lead patients to turn to alcohol once more. Some treatments for alcohol use disorders – like gabapentin – work better in patients with high withdrawal symptoms – and this new study from Rajita Sinha and colleagues at Yale investigated whether that held true for prazosin as well. [Study Link]

Published On: 12/10/2020

Duration: 4 minutes, 9 seconds

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