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Quick Guide for Counselors Based on TIP 49
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This manual guides counselors in the use of medications to help clients achieve abstinence from alcohol. It describes how the medications work and whom may benefit. It also presents the side effects of three FDA-approved medications: acamprosate, disulfiram, and naltrexone.

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SMA10-4542
Publication Date
May 2010
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