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It's quite a stretch to say that Disulfiram cures alcoholism. It inhibits metabolism and produces some nasty side effects if you drink alcohol. But it doesn't "cure" alcoholism. If you want to drink and don't have close monitoring to enforce taking the medication, you just stop taking.


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