Medicines and therapy are used to treat drug addiction. Medicines can help people stop using alcohol, tobacco, heroin, and some prescription pain relievers.
•Some medicines can help them feel less bad when they first quit.
•Other medicines can help people stay off these drugs.
•One medicine makes people throw up and feel sick if they drink alcohol. It helps them choose not to drink, since they know it will make them feel sick.
•Other medicines make people want the drug less.
•Some medicines block the high feelings people get when they take the drug. That can also make it easier to quit.
