| Treatment for alcoholism by family doctors may be | | | | being recruited and trained in the use of the new drugs. |
| the coming thing as a result of new drugs that claim to | | | | What they arenât being trained in - and would |
| reduce the craving for alcohol. But although the new | | | | scarcely have the time for anyway - is the in-depth |
| drugs show promise in helping some drinkers stay off | | | | treatment offered by traditional alcohol rehab |
| the bottle, alcoholics will just be trading one substance | | | | programs that dig for the source of addiction and a |
| for another unless they add some form of therapeutic | | | | permanent cure. The new drugs, including naltrexone, |
| alcohol rehab into the mix. | | | | topiramate and others, arenât a cure: They |
| According to a recent article in the Journal of the | | | | would have to continue to be taken to ward off the |
| American Medical Association, a growing number of | | | | uncontrollable need for alcohol. |
| the nation's 337,000 general-practice physicians are | | | | |