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“Previous research demonstrated that serotonin uptake blockers (e.g., zimeldine, sertraline , fluoxetine) reduce voluntary ethanol consumption in rats and humans.”
Recent developments in alcoholism : an official publication of the American Medical Society on Alcoholism, the Research Society on Alcoholism, and the National Council on Alcoholism • 1989 | View Paper
“ Sertraline , fluoxetine and citalopram (given before ethanol ) prevented the increase in the slow frequencies (0.5-4cps) in the recordings from the frontal cortex and hippocampus, which indicates on antagonism inhibitory action of ethanol.”
“Previous work with the serotonin uptake blocker, sertraline , demonstrated that the drug suppressed the consumption of ethanol and saccharin as well as body weight gain.”
“Research from our laboratory has shown that several specific serotonin uptake blockers (zimeldine, fluoxetine, sertraline ) are effective in reducing voluntary ethanol consumption in rats.”