Response to Letter to the Editors regarding 'A Meta-Regression of Trial Features Predicting the Effects of Alcohol Use Disorder Pharmacotherapies on Drinking Outcomes in Randomized Clinical Trials: A Secondary Data Analysis'

Erica N Grodin; Suzanna Donato; Han Du; ReJoyce Green; Spencer Bujarski; Lara A Ray

doi:10.1093/alcalc/agad066

Response to Letter to the Editors regarding 'A Meta-Regression of Trial Features Predicting the Effects of Alcohol Use Disorder Pharmacotherapies on Drinking Outcomes in Randomized Clinical Trials: A Secondary Data Analysis'

Alcohol Alcohol. 2023 Nov 11;58(6):690-691. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agad066.

Authors

Erica N Grodin¹, Suzanna Donato¹, Han Du¹, ReJoyce Green¹, Spencer Bujarski¹, Lara A Ray^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States.
² Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States.

Abstract

Short Summary: The Letter to the Editors regarding our article was reviewed. The take-home message is that substantively, the authors of the letter are referencing a paper that asks a different research question in a different set of studies. When we ask different questions, we are not surprised when we reach different answers.

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