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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignees:
Alko Ltd., Helsinki, FI;
Orion-Yhtyma Oy, Espoo, FI;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514282 ; 514811 ;
Abstract
A method for treating alcoholism. The alcohol-drinking response of alcoholics is extinguished by having them drink alcoholic beverages while nalmefene, an opiate antagonist, blocks the positive reinforcement effect of ethanol in the brain.