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Combination Treatment May Help Depressed Alcoholics

Combined treatment with the antidepressant Zoloft (sertraline) and the alcoholism drug naltrexone improves the likelihood that people with both major depression and alcohol dependence will be able to stop drinking, U.S. researchers report. Their 14-week study of 170 patients found that 54 percent of those who received the combined treatment were able to stop drinking, [...]

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