Find medication for alcohol use disorder
Four medicines are FDA-approved for alcohol use disorder. Pick one, or any of them, and see the closest of the 6,617 programs that tell SAMHSA they prescribe them.
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The four medications
- Naltrexone 6,393 programs
A daily pill or a monthly shot that blunts the reward from drinking and cuts craving.
- The monthly naltrexone shot 5,465 programs
An injection every four weeks, sold as Vivitrol, so there is no daily pill to remember.
- Acamprosate 4,426 programs
Two tablets three times a day, for people who have already stopped drinking.
- Disulfiram 4,055 programs
A tablet that makes drinking cause a severe reaction, for people whose goal is not drinking at all.
You don't need a specialist program to get these. NIAAA says any physician can prescribe medication for alcohol use disorder, and none of the four is addictive. If there's nothing close, ask your own doctor. How the four compare, and naltrexone in detail.
Before stopping heavy daily drinking, talk to a clinician: these medicines help you stay stopped, but they don't treat withdrawal. How to stop safely.
Source: SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov listing, pulled . Programs report their own details to SAMHSA, and they change: call to confirm before you go. Programs can correct SAMHSA's record at FindTreatment@samhsa.hhs.gov, or anyone can tell us. How this list is built.