This one concentrates on Nal application to reduce binge drinking in college students. I've got to wonder if the success rate will suffer as there will probably be little motivation in the participants to reduce the units. At least if it were me at that time, I would have been in it for the $500...and probably used it for beer.

Anyway, it's good to see another open use of Nal outside of mandated abstinence.

http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/health/yal ... e-drinking

Home page for the study linked in the article is here:
http://medicine.yale.edu/psychiatry/pro ... index.aspx

Good find!

At 18 I wasn't aware I had a binge drinking problem. By 25 I had visited the local doctor 3 times for liver function tests. So there is an absolute need to research effects of Nalrexone on young binge drinkers.

The problems with the reactive measures today - is that one must hit rock bottom before getting the right help.

I wish I knew about Naltrexone 10 years ago - life would have been much easier

WOW!

I just stopped by the forum for the first time in months, and this Yale study is fantastic news. Why? Cause it really understands most of the lessons of TSM. From the Yale page, "[Naltrexone] it has been found to be effective for individuals who have drinking reduction goals other than total abstinence."

YES! I have seen some other mentions of Nal in the news throughout 2011, but many focused on its previous paradigm, which was to decrease craving among abstinent alcoholics, which I personally believe is dead wrong for many, if not most people with an alcohol problem.

Great to see this is getting major research that's studying the drug in (mostly) the right way. They are using the generic pill form, not the patented monthly injection. The way they are dosing the participants isn't *totally* like TSM, ("You would take half of this dose (25mg) each day, usually in the morning and then take another half dose in preparation for drinking situations, preferably two hours before you drink."), which I think is a big mistake (mainly because taking NAL in the morning would just expose you to negative side effects all day long without giving you any of the benefits), but again, it's a start.