Are there any medications one can take to stop drinking
alcohol?
Yes, but I do not recommend them. The first one is antabuse
and it has been around for many decades. You take the pill an hour before you
ingest alcohol. Later, if you consume alcohol, it causes a
violent reaction that makes you vomit and retch. Unfortunately, some people
also develop a heart attack. Antabuse is not widely prescribed today-unless the
doctor is clueless about its adverse effects
The other medication is acamprosate and it helps suppress
the urge to drink. While there are some reports that it helps people abstain
from drinking alcohol, this is not a universal finding. Helping people discontinue alcohol is billion dollar industry-in most cases, charlatans prey on desperate people and scam them. There is nothing that absolutely works and if it works you will be paying exorbitant sums for it.
Best advice- go cold
turkey, and find new friends who do not drink.
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