Pill helps alcoholics taper off drinking
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071010/ap_on_he_me/alcoholism_pill"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20071009/capt.9b20bdb9be124699b075bd15b5e822c6.alcoholism_pill_vamr103.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=D7XUm0kxz3qALM30j01kFw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Tom Wolfe, 44, sits outside his Earlysville, Va., home, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007. Wolfe, a carpenter, said he has been sober for two years thanks to Topamax. The drug Topamax, a migraine pill seems to help alcoholics taper off their drinking without detox treatment, researchers report, offering a potential option for a hard-to-treat problem. (AP Photo/Matthew Rosenberg)" border="0" /></a>AP - A migraine pill seems to help alcoholics taper off their drinking without detox treatment, researchers report, offering a potential option for a hard-to-treat problem.</p><br clear="all"/>

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