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Abstract: 

With the onset of the opioid epidemic in the past two decades, medications for opioid use disorder, such as methadone and buprenorphine, have entered the public consciousness. But medications for alcohol use disorder are less familiar to the public and used less frequently. This article briefly surveys some of the most effective treatments for alcohol use disorder, including psychotherapy, peer support groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous and SMART Recovery, with special emphasis on the growing array of medications targeting alcohol use disorders, such as disulfiram, naltrexone, acamprosate, and GLP-1 agonists.

Keywords: Alcohol Use Disorder Medications; “Precision Medicine”

Affiliations:  1: University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.