Abatement of craving in recovering alcoholics: A descriptive analysis

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-127

  Cutler, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Craving; Harm reduction; Nalmefene; Naltrexone; Randomized controlled trial (RCT)

Indexed keywords

NALMEFENE; NALTREXONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 17244364885     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16066350412331318386     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Anton, R. F., Moak, D. H., & Latham, P. K. (1995). The obsessive compulsive drinking scale: A self-rated instrument for the quantification of thoughts about alcohol and drinking behavior. Akoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 19, 92-99.
2. Anton, R. F., Moak, D. H., & Latham, P. K. (1996). The obsessive compulsive drinking scale: Assessing outcome in alcoholism treatment studies. Arch. Gen. Psychiatry, 53, 225-231.
3. Anton, R. F., Moak, D. H., Latham, P. K., Wald, L. R., Latham, P. K., Malcolm, R. J., & Dias, J. K. (1999). Naltrexone and cognitive behavioral therapy for the treatment of outpatient alcoholics: Results of a placebo-controlled trial. Am. J. Psychiatry, 11, 1758-1764.
4. Anton, R. F. (2000). Obsessive-compulsive aspects of craving: Development of the Obsessive-Compulsive Drinking Scale. Addiction, 95 (Supp.2), 211-217.
5. Bonn, M. J., Krahn, D. D., & Staehler, B. A. (1995). Development and initial validation of a measure of drinking urges in abstinent alcoholics. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 19, 600-606.
6. Edwards, G., & Gross, M. M. (1976). Alcohol dependence: Provisional description of a clinical syndrome. British Medical Journal, 1, 1058-1061.
7. Farren, C. K., O'Malley, S., Grebski, G., Maniar, S., Porter, M., & Kreck, M. J. (1999). Variable dose naltrexone-induced hypothalamic-pituitary- adrenal stimulation in abstinent alcoholics: A preliminary study. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 23, 502-508.
8. Flannery, B. A., Volpicelli, J. R., & Pettinati, H. M. (1999). Psychometric properties of the Penn Alcohol Craving Scale. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 23, 1289-1295.
9. Flannery, B. A., Roberts, A. J., Cooney, N., Swift, R. M., Anton, R. F., & Rohsenow, D. J. (2001). The role of craving in alcohol use, dependence, and treatment. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 25(2), 299-308.
10. Flannery, B. A., Poole, S. A., Gallop, R. J., & Volpicelli, J. R. (2003). Alcohol craving predicts drinking during treatment: An analysis of three assessment instruments. J. Stud. Alcohol, 64, 120-126.
11. Fletcher, A. M. (2001). Sober for Good. Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin.
12. Kaplan, R. F., Myers, R. E., & Stroebl, C. F. (1983). Alcohol dependence and responsivity to an ethanol stimulus as predictors of alcohol consumption. British Journal of Addiction, 78, 259-267.
13. Kirsch, I., Moore, T. J., Scoboria, A., & Nicholls, S. S. (2002). The emperor's new drugs: An analysis of antidepressant medication data submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Prevention & Treatment, Vol. 5, Article 23, posted July 15, 2002. http://journals.apa.org/prevention/volume5/ pre0050023a.html.
14. Kirsch, I., & Sapirstein, G. (1998). Listening to Prozac but hearing placebo: A meta-analysis of antidepressant medication. Prevention & Treatment, Vol. 1, Article 0002a, posted June 26, 1998 http://journals.apa.org/ prevention/volume1/pre0010002a.html.
15. Kranzler, H. R., Mulgrew, C. L., Modesto-Lowe, V., & Bukrleson, J. A. (1999). Validity of the obsessive compulsive drinking scale (OCDS): Does craving predict drinking behavior? Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 23(1), 108-114.
16. Krystal, J. H., Cramer, J. A., Krol, W. F., Kirk, G. F., & Rosenheck, R. A. (2001). Naltrexone in the treatment of alcohol dependence. New England Journal of Medicine, 345(24), 1734-1739.
17. Love, A., James, D., & Willner, P. (1998). A comparison of two alcohol craving questionnaires. Addiction, 93, 1091-1102.
18. Marlatt, A. A. (1978). Craving for alcohol, loss of control, and relapse: A cognitive behavioral analysis. In P. E. Nathan, G. A. Marlatt & T. Loburg (Eds), Alcoholism: New directions in behavioral research and treatment (pp. 271-314). New York: Plenum Press.
19. Mason, B. J., Ritvo, E. C., & Morgan, R. O. (1994). A double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of oral nalmefene HCL for alcohol dependence. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 18, 1162-1167.
20. Modesto-Lowe, V., Burleson, J. A., Hersh, D., Bauer, L. O., & Kranzler, H. R. (1997). Effects of Naltrexone on cue-elicited craving for alcohol and cocaine. Drug Alcohol Depend., 49, 9-16.
21. Monti, P. M., Abrams, D. B., Binkoff, J. A., Zwick, W. R., Liepman, M. R., Nirenberg, T. D., & Rohsenow, D. R. (1990). Communication skills training, communications skills training with family, and cognitive behavioral mood management training for alcoholics. J. Stud. Alcohol, 51, 263-270.
22. Monti, P. M., Rohsenow, D. J., Rubonis, A., Niaura, R., Sirota, A., Colby, S., Goddard, P., & Abrams, D. B. (1993). Cue exposure with coping skills treatment for male alcoholics: A preliminary investigation. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol., 61, 1011-1019.
23. Monti, P. M., Rohsenow, D. J., Hutchinson, K., Swift, R. M., Muller, T. I., Colby, S. M., Brown, R. A., Gulliver, S. B., Gordon, A., & Abrams, D. B. (1999). Naltrexone's effect on cue-elicited craving among alcoholics in treatment. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 23, 1386-1394.
24. O'Malley, S. S., Jaffe, A. J., Chang, G., Schottenfeld, R. S., Meyer, R. F., & Rounsaville, B. (1992). Naltrexone and coping skills therapy for alcohol dependence. Arch. Gen. Psychiatry, 49, 881-887.
25. Potgieter, A. S., Deckers, F., & Geerlings, P. (1999). Craving and relapse measurement in alcoholism. Alcohol & Alcoholism, 34(2), 254-260.
26. Rees, V. W., & Heather, N. (1995). Individual differences and cue reactivity. In: D. C. Drummond, S. T. Tiffany, S. Glautler, & B. Remington (Eds), Addictive behaviour: Cue exposure theory and practice (pp. 99-118). Chichester: John Wiley and Sons.
27. Rohsenow, D. J., & Monti, P. M. (1999). Does urge to drink predict relapse after treatment? Alcohol Research & Health, 23(3), 225-232.
28. Sobell, L. C., & Sobell, M. B. (1992). Timeline follow-back: A technique for assessing self-reported alcohol consumption. In: R. Z. Litten & J. P. Allen (Eds), Measuring alcohol consumption: Psychosocial and biochemical methods. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press.
29. Stout, R. L. (2000). What is a drinking episode? Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 61(3), 455-461.
30. Volpicelli, J. R., Alterman, A. I., Hayashida, M., & O'Brien, C. P. (1992). Naltrexone in the treatment of alcohol dependence. Arch. Gen. Psychiatry, 49, 876-880.
31. Volpicelli, J. R., Clay, K. L., Rhines, J. S., Volpicelli, L. A., Alterman, A. I., & O'Brien, C. P. (1997). Naltrexone and alcohol dependence: Role of subject compliance. Arch. Gen. Psychiatry, 54, 737-742.
32. Voltaire-Carlsson, A., Hiltunen, A. J., Koechling, U. M., & Borg, S. (1996). Effects of long-term abstinence on psychological functioning: A prospective longitudinal analysis comparing alcohol-dependent patients and healthy volunteers. Alcohol, 13(5), 415-421.
33. Walton, M. A., Blow, F. C., Bingham, C. R., & Chermack, S. T. (2003). Individual and social/environmental predictors of alcohol and drug use 2 years following substance abuse treatment. Addictive Behaviors, 28(4), 627-642.