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A recent medical study has shown that a drug used to cure alcohol and drug addiction could be an effective treatment to the compulsive behaviour of kleptomaniacs.
In the study conducted by the University Of Minnesota Department Of Psychiatry, it was discovered that the drug Naltrexone (mean dose of 117mg/day) could effectively curb the urge to steal of those persons suffering from Kleptomania.
Jon Grant, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., a University of Minnesota associate professor of psychiatry and principal investigator of the study revealed they base their evaluation on  25 men and women ages 17-75, who spent an average of at least one hour a week stealing.
Grant explained although the said drug is not a total cure for kleptomania it is still good news to all that if combined with individual therapy it can affectively bring solution to this type of sickness.
Those patients suffering both from will certainly be happy with this report since Naltrexone offers effective and cheap treatment for their medical condition.

Alcoholism and drug addiction medicine Naltrexone is also an affective treatment for Kleptomania.