Incorporating Alcohol Pharmacotherapies Into Medical Practice, TIP 49

As a resource for provider organizations and practitioners, the federal the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) publishes a series of best-practice manuals on the treatment of substance abuse and other disorders called Treatment Improvement Protocols (TIPs). This TIP revises and expands on TIP 28, Naltrexone and Alcoholism Treatment, and includes discussion of the other medications currently approved for treating alcohol use disorders (AUDs). It provides the basic information, evidence- and consensus-based guidelines, tools, and resources necessary to help health care practitioners treat patients with AUDs . . .