METHOD AND MEANS FOR TREATING ALCOHOLISM BY EXTINGUISHING THE ALCOHOL-DRINKING RESPONSE USING A TRANSDERMALLY ADMINISTERED OPIATE ANTAGONIST

摘要

A method for treating alcoholism by extinguishing the alcohol-drinkingresponse in which an opiate antagonist is transdermallyadministered to a subject and a device for transdermallyadministering the antagonist. The device is a package containinga fixed dose of opiate antagonist, a vehicle and a permeationenhancer.