National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

We are profoundly saddened at the passing of Dr. Mary Jeanne Kreek last week, at age 84.

The size of the older adult population is increasing rapidly. Alcohol use among older adults is also increasing . Data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health indicate that approximately 20 percent of adults aged 60-64 and around 10 percent over age 65 report current binge drinking. Older adults can experience a variety of problems from drinking alcohol...

NIAAA/COGA DATA AND BIOMATERIALS DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT-- WAVE I and WAVE II WHEREAS, the national Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism ("NIAAA") pursuant to its public health mission to identify and characterize the genetic basis of alcohol-related disorders supports research projects in which there is collection by scientific investigators and their relatives; WHEREAS, anonymous blood samples obtained from Wave I and/or...

Hospitalizations for alcohol and drug overdoses – alone or in combination – increased dramatically among 18- to 24-year-olds between 1999 and 2008, according to a study by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health. Led by Aaron M. White, Ph.D. and Ralph W. Hingson, Sc.D., of NIAAA’s division of...

Risks of using alcohol to relieve your pain: mixing alcohol and pain medicines can be harmful, analgesic doses of alcohol exceed moderate drinking guidelines and chronic alcohol drinking makes pain worse.

Description This large, multisite clinical trial evaluated the efficacy and safety of gabapentin enacarbil extended-release (GE-XR) (HORIZANT®), a gabapentin prodrug formulation for the treatment of alcohol use disorder (AUD). Study Details Sponsor: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism’s Clinical Investigations Group (NCIG) NCT #: 02252536 Phase: Phase 2 Treatment Arms: Horizant® (gabapentin enacarbil) 600mg twice a day and...

September 1, 2015

Every day, resilient Americans with substance use disorders summon extraordinary courage and strength and commit to living healthy and productive lives through recovery. From big cities to small towns to Indian Country, substance use disorders affect the lives of millions of Americans. This month, we reaffirm our unwavering commitment to all those who are seeking or in need of treatment...

September 1, 2016

Every day, millions of Americans prove that recovery from alcohol and substance use disorders is possible -- yet at the same time, millions more are struggling with the disease of addiction. These individuals are our family members, friends, and neighbors, and when they are not able to get the help they need, our communities and our country are not as...

Substance Use Category and Year Age 15-44 (Total) 15-17 18-20 21-25 26-34 35-44 Percent S.E. Percent S.E. Percent S.E. Percent S.E. Percent S.E. Percent S.E. Cigarette use 2013–2015 27.5 0.4 24.1 1.3 32.7 1.0 29.8 0.9 30.1 0.7 24.6 0.7 2012–2014 29.1 0.4 27.0 1.2 35.1 0.9 31.5 0.7 32.0 0.8 25.2 0.7 2011–2013 30.3 0.4 30.9 1.1 37.8 0.9...

Substance Use Category and Year Race/Hispanic Origin Non-Hispanic White Non-Hispanic Black Non-Hispanic Other Hispanic Percent S.E. Percent S.E. Percent S.E. Percent S.E. Cigarette use 2013–2015 29.1 0.5 28.5 1.1 22.1 1.3 22.6 0.8 2012–2014 31.0 0.4 27.8 1.1 23.9 1.6 24.2 1.0 2011–2013 32.7 0.5 27.2 1.1 24.9 1.7 24.7 1.1 2010–2012 33.3 0.6 28.1 1.1 26.5 1.7 26.9 1.2...

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Data Access Policy, Application and Agreement NIAAA Protocol NCIG 002: A Multisite Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Levetiracetam Extended-Release in Very Heavy-Drinking Alcohol-Dependent Patients Description This multisite clinical trial evaluated the efficacy and safety of levetiracetam XR, for the treatment of alcohol use disorder (AUD). Study Details Sponsor: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism’s Clinical Investigations Group (NCIG) NCT #...

Title: Investigational New Drug (IND)-enabling and Early-Stage Development of Medications to Treat Alcohol Use Disorder and Alcohol-Associated Organ Damage (AAOD) Authors : Jenica Patterson, Ph.D; Megan Ryan, M.B.A.; Raye Litten, Ph.D.; Kathy Jung, Ph.D. Purpose: DTR intends to re-issue PAR 18-578 “Investigational New Drug (IND)-enabling and Early-Stage Development of Medications to Treat Alcohol Use Disorder and Alcohol-Related Organ Damage (U44)”...

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Summary of the 120th Meeting February 4-5, 2009 The National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism convened for its 120th meeting at 5:30 p.m. on February 4, 2009, at the FishersLaneConferenceCenter in Rockville, Maryland, in a closed session. Dr. Abraham Bautista presided over the closed review of grant applications. The NIAAA National Advisory Council reconvened in closed session on...

Prevalence of Past-Year Alcohol Use Treatment People Ages 12 and Older According to the 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 2.2 million people ages 12 and older who had alcohol use disorder (AUD) in the past year (7.6% of people with past-year AUD in this age group) received alcohol use treatment in the past year. 1,2 This...

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM 139th Meeting of the NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM June 10 , 2015 The National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) convened for its 139th meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 10, 2015, at NIAAA headquarters in...

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Thursday, January 7, 2021, 11:00 am EST to Friday, January 8, 2021, 2:00 pm EST

The annual NIDA-NIAAA Frontiers in Addiction Research Mini-Convention will take place as a 2-day virtual meeting on January 7-8, 2021. The virtual event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. For details and registration information visit https://apps1.seiservices.com/nida-niaaa/frontiers2020/

Selectively bred strains of laboratory rats that either prefer or avoid alcohol have been a mainstay of alcohol research for decades. So-called alcohol-preferring rats voluntarily consume much greater amounts of alcohol than do non-preferring rats. Scientists at the National Institutes of Health now report that a specific gene plays an important role in the alcohol-consuming tendencies of both types of...

In the United States, and throughout the world, men drink more alcohol than women. But a recent analysis by scientists at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, indicates that longstanding differences between men and women in alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harms might be narrowing in the United States. Researchers led...