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Michael Soyka

Researcher at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Publications -  435
Citations -  13915

Michael Soyka is an academic researcher from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. The author has contributed to research in topics: Alcohol dependence & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 57, co-authored 411 publications receiving 12577 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael Soyka include National Institute on Drug Abuse & University of Regensburg.

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Opioid antagonists for alcohol dependence

TL;DR: Findings support that short-term treatment of NTX decreases the chance of alcohol relapses for 36% (number-needed-to-treat or NNT = 7) and likely to reduce the chances of returning to drinking for 13% (NNT = 12), and NTX treatment can lower the risk of treatment withdrawal in alcohol-dependent patients for 28% (NTT = 13).
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Relapse prevention by acamprosate. Results from a placebo-controlled study on alcohol dependence

TL;DR: Acamprosate proved to be a safe and effective aid in treating alcohol-dependent patients and in maintaining the abstinence of patients during 2 years.
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A genome-wide association study confirms PNPLA3 and identifies TM6SF2 and MBOAT7 as risk loci for alcohol-related cirrhosis

TL;DR: A genome-wide association study for alcohol-related cirrhosis in individuals of European descent with subsequent validation in two independent European cohorts is performed, suggesting that lipid turnover is important in the pathogenesis of alcohol- related Cirrhosis.