Varenicline for Treatment of Alcohol Dependence: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial.

Summary, in English

Alcohol dependence is a devastating illness affecting a large population, and new pharmacological treatments with good efficacy are greatly needed. One potential candidate is varenicline, a smoking cessation agent with partial agonist action at α4 β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.

• Author: Andrea de Bejczy; Elin Löf; Lisa Walther; Joar Guterstam; Anders Hammarberg; Gulber Asanovska; Johan Franck; Anders Isaksson; Bo Söderpalm
• Department/s: Division of Clinical Chemistry and Pharmacology
• Publishing year: 2015
• Language: English
• Pages: 2189-2199
• Publication/Series: Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
• Volume: 39
• Issue: 11
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26414337?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acer.12854
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Topic: Substance Abuse
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 0145-6008