2011
Medications for unhealthy alcohol use: across the spectrum.
O'Malley SS, O'Connor PG. Medications for unhealthy alcohol use: across the spectrum. Alcohol Research 2011, 33: 300-12. PMID: 23580015, PMCID: PMC3860540.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnhealthy alcohol useSpecialty careCare settingsAlcohol useAdvent of pharmacotherapyPrimary care providersPrimary care settingSpectrum of careHealth care settingsPrimary careCare providersHazardous drinkersEarly interventionExcessive drinkingCareAlcohol problemsTreatmentMedicationsPharmacotherapyPatientsCliniciansPrevalenceSettingDrinkers
2003
Initial and Maintenance Naltrexone Treatment for Alcohol Dependence Using Primary Care vs Specialty Care: A Nested Sequence of 3 Randomized Trials
O'Malley SS, Rounsaville BJ, Farren C, Namkoong K, Wu R, Robinson J, O'Connor PG. Initial and Maintenance Naltrexone Treatment for Alcohol Dependence Using Primary Care vs Specialty Care: A Nested Sequence of 3 Randomized Trials. JAMA Internal Medicine 2003, 163: 1695-1704. PMID: 12885685, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.14.1695.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAlanine TransaminaseAlcoholismAspartate AminotransferasesCognitive Behavioral TherapyCombined Modality TherapyConnecticutFemaleGamma-GlutamyltransferaseHumansMaleMedicineMiddle AgedNaltrexoneNarcotic AntagonistsPatient CompliancePatient ParticipationPrimary Health CareSpecializationTimeTreatment OutcomeConceptsPrimary care managementCognitive behavior therapyPlacebo-controlled studyAlcohol dependenceNaltrexone treatmentPersistent heavy drinkingPrimary care treatmentWeeks of treatmentMaintenance of responseMaintenance of improvementCBT armCBT patientsPlacebo groupNaltrexone maintenanceRandomized trialsCare treatmentPrimary careSpecialty carePCM patientsDays abstinentNaltrexoneInitial courseCare managementCBT respondersPatients