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Clinically utilized nalfurafine combined with naltrexone prevents excessive alcohol drinking and “relapse”

AoS. Clinically utilized nalfurafine combined with naltrexone prevents excessive alcohol drinking

Alcohol addiction poses massive public health costs [~15 million adult alcoholics with economic cost > $200 billion/year in the US]. Pharmacological studies in rodents have demonstrated that kappa-opioid receptor (KOR) agonists decrease alcohol drinking and reward. However,