Help cutting down on drinking could come from a drug used to treat psoriasis Getty Images
A medicine for the flaky skin condition psoriasis could be used to treat alcohol dependence. People with alcohol use disorders (AUD) who took the drug significantly cut their alcohol intake, a small trial has found.
AUD are generally treated using various forms of therapy and group counselling sessions such as those in Alcoholics Anonymous’s Twelve Steps programme. However, people often relapse.
Recent studies have shown that people are more likely to drink too much if they have genetic variants causing higher levels of…
