Varenicline May Lower Heavy Drinking, Smoking in Men With AUD

This study adds to the growing body of evidence suggesting varenicline to be well tolerated in those with active substance use disorders,” wrote A. Eden Evans, M.D., Ph.D., and John F. Kelly, Ph.D., both of the Center for Addiction Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School., in anaccompanying editorial inJAMA Psychiatry. “These findings highlight the importance of the National Institutes of Health’s emphasis on systematically evaluating sex or gender in treatment effects and add to the converging evidence of the need for more specific and targeted treatments for women and men.”For related information, see thePsychiatric News article “APA Releases Practice Guideline for AUD Pharmacotherapy. ”(Image: iStock/Bunyos)Follow Psychiatric News on Twitter!For previous news alerts,click here.
Source: Psychiatr News - Category: Psychiatry Tags: A. Eden Evans alcohol AUD heavy drinking JAMA Psychiatry John Kelly NIH sex differences smoking cessation Stephanie O'Malley varenicline Source Type: research