Episode 12 - Medications to prevent relapses on alcohol and reduce alcohol intake (aka Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder)

In this episode Dr. Grover tackles medications for alcohol use disorder. These are medications to prevent a relapse on alcohol and to reduce the desire for drinking. You may not have used these medications much in your practice, but after listening to this episode hopefully you'll start using them. Episode 12 reviews two papers on medications for alcohol use disorder, reviewing their indications, dosing, side effects, efficacy, contraindications, and cost.