# Treating Alcohol Use Disorder: Medication Considerations and Goals Beyond Abstinence

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Podcast: [ASAM Practice Pearls](https://stenobird.com/podcast/asam-practice-pearls-7218384)
Published: 2025-04-14T09:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode of ASAM Practice Pearls, Dr. Stephen Taylor and Dr. Melissa Weimer revisit the fundamentals of alcohol use disorder (AUD), discussing medications like acamprosate, disulfiram, naltrexone, topiramate, and others and how to support various treatment goals, whether that means reducing use or achieving abstinence.

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