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Study finds drug helps control gambling behavior

Friday, June 1, 2001 | 10:43 a.m.

A University of Minnesota study has found a drug used for treatment of alcohol and bulimia may be useful in helping to control problem gambling behavior.

Seventy-five percent of problem gamblers treated with the drug naltrexone reported a reduction in their urge to gamble, the clinical study found. Naltrexone acts on brain areas that process pleasure and urges, and the study's lead investigator, Dr. Suck Won Kim, theorizes the drug could be effective in the treatment of problem gambling.

Results of the study were published in today's issue of Biological Psychiatry. The study was funded by a $54,000 grant from the National Center for Responsible Gaming, based in Kansas City.

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