Glenn-Milo Santos

professor of community health, University of California, San Francisco

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The pill naltrexone is already approved for severe alcohol use disorder, but a new study suggests it could also help reduce the occasional binge.

An appetite suppressant for booze? Naltrexone could curb binge drinking

The pill naltrexone is already approved for severe alcohol use disorder, but a new study suggests it could also help reduce the occasional binge.

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