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AUD

About AUD

Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is a chronic, relapsing brain health disorder characterised by compulsive alcohol use, loss of control over drinking, and negative emotional states when not using alcohol.

AUD affects approximately 29[¹] million adults in the US and approximately 40 million[²,³,⁴,⁵,⁶] in the US and key European markets.

Despite this high prevalence treatment success rates are very low with up to 75% of patients with AUD returning to harmful drinking within 12 months of treatment[⁷].

This creates a significant unmet medical need and a substantial public health concern, with enormous economic cost of approximately $249 billion in the US[8], rising to approximately US$472 billion[⁹,¹⁰,¹¹,¹²,¹³] when including key European markets.

References:

1. US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA), 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health
2. UK The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) - Alcohol-use disorders diagnosis, assessment and management of harmful drinking (high-risk drinking) and alcohol dependence
3. Jahrbuch Sucht 2020 der Deutschen Hauptstelle für Suchtfragen
4. Inserm. Reducing the harm associated with alcohol consumption. Summary and recommendations. Collection Expertise collective. Montrouge: EDP Sciences, 2022.
5. Istituto Superiore di Sanità EpiCentro
6. Monografía. Alcohol 2021: Consumo y Consecuencias
7. Mekonen, T., Chan, G. C. K., Connor, J., Hall, W., Hides, L. and Leung, J. (2021) 'Treatment rates for alcohol use disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis'
8. Sacks JJ, Gonzales KR, Bouchery EE, Tomedi LE, Brewer RD. 2010 National and State Costs of Excessive Alcohol Consumption.
9. Lister, G. et al (2006), Comparing the Societal Impacts of Common Health Risks. National Social Marketing Centre.
10. DHS Jahrbuch Sucht 2020 der Deutschen Hauptstelle für Suchtfragen (DHS)
11. Le Cout Social des Drogues: Estimation en France. Le Cout Social des Drogues: Estimation en France
12. OECD: Preventing Harmful Alcohol Use: Italy
13. Alcohol consumption in Spain and its economic cost: A mathematical modeling approach. Francisco-José Santonja, Emilio Sánchez, María Rubio, José-Luis Morera

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