Drug can help compulsive gambling

Ok, that sounds bad. What it should say is that it helps stop compulsive gambling. Naltrexone, a drug that is commonly used for treating alcoholism, was used in a study on those that considered themselves problem gamblers, and it was found that a significant percentage had similar effects that those that take it for its intended purpose.

1 to 3% of the country's population suffers what is considered to be clinical compulsive gambling, and the drug works in the sense of curbing that need in the brain's function, much like the way it does for those who have a drinking addiction. While it is not a cure to stop it altogether, it is stated that with individual therapy used in combination with the drug that it could be a very powerful combination in helping people overcome their problem.

You can't help but be happy about this type of result, as for both issues the addictions have widely been regarded previously as more behavioral than something that can be treated like other mental illness issues. With the numbers of problem gamblers on the rise, a thing like this is certainly a large silver lining.

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