Is it Possible to Cure Depression and Alcohol Addiction with one Treatment?

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“Is it Possible to Cure Depression and Alcohol Addiction with one Treatment?”

U.S. researchers report that combined treatment with the antidepressant Sertraline and the alcohol addiction drug Naltrexone can radically improve the outcome that people with both major depression and alcohol dependence will be able to stop drinking.

Apparently their 14-week study of 170 patients found that 54% of those who received the combined treatment were able to stop the urge to drink.

Helen Pettinati who was involved with the study at University of Pennsylvania commented in a news release that;

“When depression and alcohol dependence occur together, each condition has a negative influence on the outcome of the other, so not only does this pairing of illnesses affect a lot of patients, it also makes the individual disorders worse,”

This was taken from a study that was recently published in the The American Journal of Psychiatry.

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