Commentary - Research Opportunities for Medications to Treat Alcohol Dependence: Addressing Stakeholders' Needs

During the past decade, significant advances have been made in the development of medications to treat alcohol dependence. Four medications have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for treating alcohol dependence—naltrexone, injectable naltrexone, acamprosate, and disulfiram—and several others show promise.

The fact remains, however, that because of the heterogeneity of