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Never heard of medication for alcoholism? You're not alone. Eighty-eight thousand Americans will die this year from alcoholism. Most will do so without ever knowing of the FDA-approved medications that might have saved their lives.'A Prescription for Alcoholics - Medications for Alcoholism' by author Linda Burlison, is the first book ever published about FDA-approved medications to treat alcoholism.The book takes a first sober look at anti-alcoholism drugs, the research behind them, and why nobody seems to know about them.Most people (including physicians and alcoholics) are unaware of the FDA-approved medications to fight alcoholism, despite the fact that the US government calls them the 'standard of care for the treatment of alcoholism.'Instead of medical treatment, the vast majority of doctors send treatment-seeking alcoholics to Alcoholics Anonymous-based 12-step programs which result in a dismal failure rate estimated at 90 percent.The 550-page book is an extensive look at drugs like naltrexone, acamprosate, baclofen, topiramate, gabapentin, nalmefene and others.Dr. Nora Volkow, the Director of the US National Institute on Drugs, and Dr. George Koob, Director of the US National Institute on Drug Abuse are spearheading a new understanding of alcoholism as a complex brain disease, and the medication that can treat it.Drs. Volkow and Koob are just two of thousands of researchers whose clinical research into medication for alcoholism forms the body of evidence the book cites.Written in plain English, the book highlights hundreds of studies conducted over many decades into medication that can reduce cravings, help manage alcohol consumption and help troubled drinkers abstain from drinking completely.The book provides answers to important questions about safety, liver toxicity, side effects, dosage and more.Most importantly it provides easy-to-read information which can be brought to a doctor's office to help a patient and their physician make an informed decision about treatment choices together.

Over 200 pages of detailed, meticulously researched information on drugs that can help you reduce or quit drinking. This book is divided into four lists: 1)The A-List-Most Important Medications Today 2)The B-List-Medications Worth Consideration Today 3)The D-List-Eleven Drugs that May Increase Drinking 4)The Futures List-Sixty+ Drugs to Watch This is the final volume in a 4-volume Rethinking Drinking series.In volume four, you'll find everything you need to work closely with your doctor to determine the prescription medication that can help you quit or reduce drinking. Medications covered in this volume include: acamprosate, baclofen, topiramate, naltrexone, nalmefene, gabapentin, pregabalin, ondansetron, varenicline, disulfiram, prazosin, doxazosin, zonisamide, olanzapine, sertraline, sodium oxybate and many more.

If you are considering taking medication to treat alcoholism, but are wondering where to begin, start with this book, Reduce or Stop Drinking with Medication: The How-To Guide. You'll learn everything you need to know to obtain treatment with medication including finding a doctor and obtaining medication. Volume 3 in the Rethinking Drinking Book Series, you'll find information on determining goals, tracking results, developing a medication strategy, combining medications, determining what type of alcoholism you may have, how to obtain medication, and many other considerations.

'Understanding Alcoholism as a Brain Disease' includes an in-depth explanation of how alcoholism works inside the brain; the stages of alcoholism identified by scientific researchers; and a list of clues to your genetic vulnerability. Written in plain English from a true medical perspective, even if you aren't a doctor or scientist, you'll find this book easy to read and understand. Care-givers and loved-ones ask over and over again, 'Why does the alcoholic keep drinking or continue to return to drinking, despite all they continue to lose?', 'How can they keep drinking when it is killing them and irreparably damaging relationships?', 'What is wrong with them?!'Alcoholics berate themselves and question why they keep drinking when they see the damage it causes. They ask, 'What is wrong with me?'The answers to those agonizing questions are found in this book. The answers have nothing to do with how much the alcoholic loves himself or you, their level of 'spiritual awareness', or their 'flawed character'. Instead, the answers are medical in nature, and relate to the way that alcoholism hijacks and damages the brain. Alcoholism is a brain disease: this book will help you understand the disease in a way that will give you new perspectives on this devastating neurological condition.

This book, the first in a 4-book series, delves deeply into what the author calls 'alcoholism culture'. It reveals the truth about the quiet epidemic of deaths from untreated alcoholism, as well as why you may never before have heard of the numerous medications that can help people with alcohol dependence reduce and/or quit drinking.