As Suzanne adds, drugs called acamprosate and disulfiram work in a similar way. Naltrexone has been approved for use on the NHS (Picture: Getty Images) The first works to ‘restore the balance of ...

Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol. 2012;5(4):427-435. In individuals who ingest alcohol while receiving disulfiram, the drug produces an adverse disulfiram–alcohol reaction that may persist for 30 min ...

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Disulfiram inhibits the normal metabolism of alcohol, leading to the accumulation of acetaldehyde, which induces adverse physiologic reactions in the individual. In motivated alcohol-dependent ...