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Medication-Assisted Therapies for Alcohol Use Disorder

Mediation-assisted therapies can help you stay sober and improve your quality of life if you have alcohol use disorder. They include Acamprosate, Disulfiram and Naltrexone.

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There are a lot of tools and resources to help someone stay sober when they have alcohol use disorder. One set of tools are medications, known as Medication-Assisted Therapies, or M.A.T. An addiction treatment specialist or health care provider can go over available medications and help you understand the benefits of each and what might be right for you.

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