Researchers from Oregon Health & Science University and institutions across the country have identified a pill used to treat a common skin disease as an “incredibly promising” treatment for alcohol use disorder, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. The medication, called apremilast, reduced alcohol intake by more than half among the people who received it, from an average of five drinks per day to two. “I’ve never seen anything like that before,” said co-senior author Angela Ozburn, Ph.D., associate professor of behavioral neuroscience in the OHSU School of …