Sometimes , quitting can be gruelling employment — especially if you have an alcohol dependence . Now , however , it could be a whole peck easier : France has just cleared a new anti - alcoholism drug for use by its commonwealth of claret swillers .
Originally project to treat nervous spasms , Baclofen — which go by the trade figure Kemstro , Lioresal and Gablofen — hasn’t been shown to be definitively efficient in all cases of alcoholism , but it has been seen to provide “ clinical benefits in some patients ” . In France , that ’s enough to sign it off for use in patients on a case - by - type basis , reports Medical Express .
Amazingly , the idea of using the drug as an alcoholism handling came into being in 2008 , when a Gallic cardiologist called Olivier Ameisen write in a book calledThe End of My Addictionabout how he treated his own drinking with gamy superman of the drug .
In a little trial lead with 132 lumbering drinkers , Baclofen succeeded in make water 80 per cent either become abstinent or moderate drinkers . By comparison , the best any other anti - alcoholism drug has ever managed is 20 - 25 percent .
unhappily , there is a downside , and in this case it ’s side essence . Those taking the drug can anticipate side effects include fatigue , drowsiness , insomnia , dizziness and digestive trouble . Still , good than cirrhosis of the liver , right ? [ Medical Express ]
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