Article: Doctors doubt efficacy of alcoholism drugs.(Psychiatry)

Primary care physicians are not very confident that medications to treat people with alcoholism will be effective: Only 26% of 300 internists and physicians in general practice taking an online survey thought medication would be effective or very effective.

The survey results also showed that many physicians do not address risk with patients. "Half of doctors do not ask their patients about alcohol use," Allan Rivlin said during a teleconference on alcoholism sponsored by the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America.

The 50% of physicians who inquire about alcohol consumption only do so half the time or less. Reasons for this include a lack of resources ...

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