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Front Psychiatry. 2018 Sep 28;9:464. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00464. eCollection 2018.

Baclofen in the Treatment of Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder and Other Mental Health Disorders.

Frontiers in psychiatry

Roberta Agabio, Lorenzo Leggio

Affiliations

  1. Section of Neuroscience and Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy.
  2. Section on Clinical Psychoneuroendocrinology and Neuropsychopharmacology, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Division of Intramural Clinical and Basic Research and National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
  3. Medication Development Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, United States.
  4. Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.

PMID: 30323774 PMCID: PMC6172346 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00464

Abstract

A limited number of medications are approved to treat Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD). Furthermore, the magnitude of their therapeutic effect is relatively modest, suggesting the potential for subtypes of patients who respond to a specific medication. The use of these medications is also limited in clinical practice by a series of contraindications such as medical comorbidities and/or concurrent use of other medications. In recent years, animal and human studies have been conducted to evaluate the efficacy of baclofen, a GABA

Keywords: GABAB; alcohol use disorder; anxiety; baclofen; mental health disorders; mood disorders

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