section_path: Management/Medications
section_name: Medications
paragraph_text: Medications
  
  In the United States there are four approved medications for alcoholism: acamprosate, two methods of using naltrexone and disulfiram.
  
  Several other drugs are also used and many are under investigation.
  
  Evidence does not support the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs), antipsychotics, or gabapentin.