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Suggest Treatment To Reduce Intake Of Alcohol

My cousin takes in around 200 ml of alcohol three times a week. What tablets could help him avert the use of alcohol? However, I have to do something about it without his getting to know of what I am doing. Dear doctor, can you please suggest to me some tablets for this?

Mon, 27 Oct 2014
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200 ml of PURE alcohol (equivalent to 20 beers, 10 bottles of wine, etc) would be a LOT. 200 ml of beer (1 beer three times a week) is not abnormal. So, first, the question is if someone is having problems (family job or legal issues; dependent on alcohol... unlikely if not daily, hospitalizations from alcohol..also unlikely).

Assuming someone is having problems. Then DISULFRAM, CAMPRAL, and NALOXONE have each been shown to be helpful with alcohol. But probably NOT as good as AA or other group sessions.
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Suggest Treatment To Reduce Intake Of Alcohol

200 ml of PURE alcohol (equivalent to 20 beers, 10 bottles of wine, etc) would be a LOT. 200 ml of beer (1 beer three times a week) is not abnormal. So, first, the question is if someone is having problems (family job or legal issues; dependent on alcohol... unlikely if not daily, hospitalizations from alcohol..also unlikely). Assuming someone is having problems. Then DISULFRAM, CAMPRAL, and NALOXONE have each been shown to be helpful with alcohol. But probably NOT as good as AA or other group sessions.