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Rehab News: Sage proposed as alcohol treatment

Chinese sage could provide a new treatment to help alcoholics overcome their addiction, Italian researchers have said.

The herb, Salvia Miltiorrhiza, has long been used to treat heart conditions, blood diseases and insomnia, according to the National Research Council's institute in Cagliari.

In addition, animal studies have suggested that it interferes with the development of liver fibrosis, in which scar-like fibres form in the liver.

Researcher Giancarlo Colombo told the Italian site ANSA that the Chinese herb helped to reduce alcohol consumption in mice.

In addition, he revealed that it eliminated a "customary spike in drinking seen when mice go back on the bottle after being on the wagon for a while".

Scientists who have been researching the herb's potential hope that it may help alcoholics to reduce their alcohol consumption to a moderate level.

Dr Colombo added: "It's been working brilliantly in mice and we're about to start on our human guinea pigs, once we're sure it's entirely safe."

Article published on 06/08/2007 by DryOutNow.com

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Technology can help addicts trying to quit

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Drug users request more support for their families and carers

Drug users in treatment have given a vote of confidence for the services they receive, but would like more help and support for their families.

The National Treatment Agency's (NTA) annual survey of drug treatment clients showed that the majority felt that entering treatment had a positive impact on their lives, including reducing drug use, less involvement in crime, better physical and mental health, and improved housing and employment prospects. But a third of drug treatment ...

clients surveyed felt that family members and partners needed more support a five per cent rise on the previous year.

This finding underlines the Government's commitment in the 2008 Drug Strategy, Drugs: Protecting Families and Communities, to put greater emphasis in future on the needs of families and carers of drug users, and where parental substance misuse exists.

Many parents and families are providing care and support to loved ones who are drug dependent, and this includes grandparents and other kin caring for the children of family members who are drug users.

Both the Drug Strategy and the drug treatment guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) identify the importance of families and carers as a valuable resource in drug treatment, but point out that they are often in need of support themselves.

Paul Hayes, NTA chief executive says: "Treatment of drug dependent individuals is the focus of the NTA, but we also recognise the importance of families as carers and that this is an area of concern for service users. We are therefore looking to encourage higher levels of engagement with families as carers throughout the treatment system."

The 2007 user satisfaction survey confirms many of the findings from previous surveys. For the third year running, service users had higher levels of satisfaction with treatment if they received a comprehensive assessment, started treatment and were allocated a key worker after a short time.

They were also more likely to be satisfied if they had care plans with satisfaction increasing for those whose plans had been reviewed recently.

Nine out of 10 service users (over 90 per cent) reported falls in drug use and crime since starting treatment, and four out of five (around 80 per cent) reported improvements in their general health.

Article published on 18/08/2008

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Alcohol addiction court to be piloted in London

The UK's first drug and alcohol court is due to open in London.

It is hoped that the new family court will help parents beat their addictions to drugs and alcohol and in-turn help keep families together.

The London councils of Westminster, Islington and Camden have collaborated to set up the court that will not hear criminal cases but rather fast-track parents to treatment and recovery with support from therapists and social workers.

Justice minister Bridget Prentice told the BBC: "Cases will be brought to court earlier wherever a parent is suspected of substance or alcohol abuse.

"And during the course of the case, the focus will very much be on therapy and recovery and so therefore on the longer-term interest of the child."

She added: "If we can take a step towards ending the misery drugs and alcohol abuse causes families, that can only be a good thing."

The three-year pilot will cost more than £1.3 million and is based on a model first used in the US.

Article published on 29/01/2008

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