Alkontrol-Herbal is a dietary supplement specifcally designed to curb alcohol cravings and is to be administered orally.
There is currently a clinical study being conducted to test the efficacy of this product. If you reside in the Boston area and you're interested in participating, please fill out this survey.
Alkontrol-Herbal
Our ingredients are selected solely on the basis of quality and purity. We partner with IMPLAD (Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences), the global authority on Chinese herbs, to authenticate and procure raw materials for all of our products. IMPLAD plays a leading role in research on Chinese medicinal herbs and reference standards for TCM.
We manufacture our products in our 100% owned state-of-the-art facility in Zhengzhou, China, under Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) as established by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Our Quality Control department, based in Burlington, MA, is separate from the manufacturing facility and is charged with validating product quality. This department arranges for independent analytical laboratories to test finished NPI products for quality and purity using the most advanced equipment and methods such as HPLC and MS.
Could a Chinese herb stop you drinking too much? (BBC, 24 January 2016)
Could a Chinese herb stop you drinking too much? (YouTube)
Got a drinking problem? Try kudzu, Study: Herb may be effective in reducing alcohol intake
Kudzu cuts alcohol consumption
Kudzu Does Not Heighten Intoxication
McLean Hospital Study Finds Herbal Extract May Curb Binge Drinking
KUDZU: CURBING ALCOHOLIC URGES
Chinese Herb Kudzu May Help Drinkers Cut Down
Beer drinking curbed by prodigious weed
Kudzu herb extract could be a new treatment for alcoholism
Lukas SE, Penetar D, Berko J, Vicens L, Palmer C, Mallya G, Macklin EA, Lee DYW (2005) An extract of the Chinese herbal root kudzu reduces alcohol drinking by heavy drinkers in a naturalistic setting. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 29: 756-762. PMID: 15897719
Ma Z, Wu Q, Lee DYW, Tracy M, Lukas SE (2005) Determination of puerarin in human plasma by high performance liquid chromatography. J Chromatogr B Analy Technol Biomed Life Sci 823: 108-114. PMID: 16009605
Penetar DM, Teter CJ, Ma Z, Tracy M, Lee DYW, Lukas SE (2006) Pharmacokinetic profile of the isoflavone puerarin after acute and repeated administration of a novel kudzu extract to human volunteers. J Alt Compl Med 12(6): 543-548. PMID: 16884345
Penetar DM, MacLean RR, McNeil JF, Lukas SE (2011) Kudzu extract does not increase the intoxicating effects of acute alcohol in human volunteers. Alcoholism: Clin Exp Res 35: 726-734 PMID: 21244439
Bracken BK, Penetar DM, RR Maclean, Lukas, SE (2011) Kudzu root extract does not perturb sleep/wake cycle of moderate drinkers. J Altern Comp Med 17(9): 1-6. PMID: 22010780
Penetar D, Toto L, Farmer S, Lukas SE (2012) The isoflavone puerarin reduces alcohol drinking by heavy drinkers in a naturalistic setting. Drug Alcohol Dependence, 126: 251-256. PMID: 22578529
Lukas SE, Penetar D, Su Z, Geaghan T, Maywalt M, Tracy M, Rodolico J, Palmer C, Lee DYW (2013) A standardized kudzu extract (NPI-031) reduces alcohol consumption in non treatment-seeking male heavy drinkers. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 226:65-73. PMID: 23070022
Penetar D, Toto L, Lee D y-W, Lukas SE (2015) A single dose of kudzu extract reduces alcohol consumption in a binge drinking paradigm. Drug Alcohol Dependence, 153: 194-200. PMID: 26048637
PubMED reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26048637
60 Capsules
