[ConservativeMind]

It seems likely to be an adjunct medicine to help the recovery stick.

[ConservativeMind]

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[perfect_rovian_storm]

The side effects sound unpleasant. Gynecomastia in men...not that overdoing the booze can’t cause the same thing, but I don’t know...

[Sacajaweau]

Meds are not the cure. I’m a firm believer in behavior modification.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I am really bothered by these articles about repurposing one drug to treat a different illness after the ridiculous Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin debacles. They remind me that the government and medical powers that be laughed at the notion of those proven and safe drugs being repurposed to fight COVID.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

I’d just stick with good old L-Glutamine for alcohol or sugar cravings.

[LittleBillyInfidel]

My BP meds help make the thought of drinking just sickening. It’s a great side effect to have! Lost 15 lbs of beer weight.

[Round Earther]

How about treating Alcohol Use Disorder by not going to the bar?

[John S Mosby]

A very old heart failure med that has profoundly negative side effects-—which in commode hugging drunks could be considered an acceptable risk to already majorly damaged organ systems (as in renal failure, liver toxicity, hypertension and stroke endothelial destabilization).

Spironolactone is a very old drug, from 1957 and is primarily used for reduction of fluid retention in heart failure patients (stop the fluid build up in the lungs resulting in lower oxygen blood levels, for example). Notably the “revival” of this drug serves an odd purpose to up manufacture— as it is used as aiding feminizing hormone therapy in transgender femininization (of males). It is a steroid that blocks the effects of the hormones aldosterone and testosterone and has some estrogen-like effects— one of the major side effects for it’s non-use in male heart failure patients. Feminization by a steroid which has a diuretic (fluid reduction) effect.

[Nifster]

There is a non medical solution that also works

It works very well because it changes one’s life

[Roccus]

alcohol use disorder

HAH!
And all these years I've thought I was just a drunk.

[Rusty0604]

I’ve been on this medication for several years.

[Bobalu]

COVID-19-The Potential Beneficial Therapeutic Effects of Spironolactone during SARS-CoV-2 Infection

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33477294/