Struggling with alcohol cravings? Naltrexone targets the brain's reward center to minimize drinking urges and reduce harmful ...

As weight-loss drugs like Ozempic revolutionize weight loss, scientists hope they may also be life-changing for alcohol addiction. The drugs are one of several approaches doctors and psychiatrists ...

Drugs used to treat alcohol use disorder have been on the market for decades but are rarely prescribed. Krit of Studio OMG/Moment via Getty Images More than 29.5 million Americans ages 12 and up had ...

The experiences of one doctor in Louisiana reveal the tensions around trying to get people to engage in addiction treatment, ...

The main goal when determining the level of care is to match the intensity of the treatment to the severity of the addiction.

Oprah Winfrey credits weight loss drugs for shedding pounds and her drinking habit. Since she began using a GLP-1 weight-loss ...

I was addicted to alcohol for more than 15 years. What started as binge drinking in high school and college became a pattern of blackouts, emergency room visits, regret and shame. As peers grew up and ...

A drug that once showed promise as a treatment for alcohol use disorder did not work as expected, a new UCLA clinical trial found. The drug, ibudilast, is approved for the treatment of asthma and post ...

Health experts caution against drinking too much, but alcohol is everywhere. Experts say the things that make us pour another drink are in our body and environment.

More than 29.5 million Americans ages 12 and up had alcohol use disorder – the medical term for the disease commonly known as alcoholism – in 2022, when the most recent national data was published.