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Posttreatment effects of topiramate treatment for heavy drinking.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Dec 2014
Kranzler Henry R, Wetherill Reagan, Feinn Richard, Pond Timothy, Gelernter Joel, Covault Jonathan
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BACKGROUND: We examined whether the effects of topiramate and a single nucleotide polymorphism (rs2832407) in GRIK1, which encodes a kainate receptor subunit, persisted following a 12-week, placebo-controlled trial in 138 heavy drinkers with a treatment goal of reduced drinking. During treatment, topiramate 200 mg/d significantly reduced heavy drinking days and increased the frequency of abstinent days (Am J...
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