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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

NHS spending on anti-alcoholism drugs doubles in a decade

By Kate Devlin Medical Correspondent
12 Nov 2008

The NHS is spending twice as much on drugs to treat alcoholism as a decade ago, official figures show.

The National Health Service now spends just under £2.25 million on the medication, up from £1.08 million in 1998.

The figures were revealed in a parliamentary answer to James Brokenshire, the Tory MP for Hornchurch.

Most of the money has been spent on two drugs, Antabuse and Campral.

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