Posted by Tony P on February 20, 2004, at 21:57:24
In reply to Re: Antabuse users » Tony P, posted by krazybirdlady on February 20, 2004, at 8:36:35
> hi tony...could you have been thinking of acamprosate? this drug has been shown in clinical studies to assist in curbing the urge to drink. i believe it is still in trial in the US. as far as i know, it hasn't been FDA approved yet, but should be soon. the only other drug that i've heard of for alcohol addiction is naltrexone, which prevents the alcohol buzz. other than certain anti-convulsants and AD's these are the only other ones that come to mind for me.
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No -- this was a LONG time ago! Found it in an old Merck index, it went by the names carbimide, Dipsan, Abstem, & Temposil. The latter may still be available. But I see I was wrong about the duration -- the half-life is listed as only 1.5 hours!Tony
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