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Times of India - Alcohol medication works best in some people

Published: 17 March 2011

A new study has found that naltrexone (Revia), one of the only medications approved for treating people with alcohol abuse problems, might only be effective in women and those with a specific genetic variation.  Researchers from the Research Institute of the 91˿Ƶ Health Centre and 91˿Ƶ conducted the study.

"Our results suggest that we might now be able to predict beforehand who will benefit most," said Marco Leyton, lead investigator of the study.

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