Drug eases cravings in stressed alcoholics

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Researchers have found a drug that reduces responses to stress in some recovering alcoholics, and eases their cravings to have a drink.The results, published online today in Science, were obtained from a small clinical study of 50 recovering alcoholics, all of whom reported high levels of anxiety at the start of the study. The 25 randomly selected to be given the drug reported fewer cravings than those assigned to receive a placebo, and they had a lessened response to stressful situations.

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