Thirty-seven patients with delirium tremens or other signs of alcohol withdrawal were included in a double-blind randomized study of the effect of phenobarbital (19 patients) versus barbital (18 patients). Since 1909 barbital has been considered the preferred drug for treatment of alcohol withdrawal...
Emotional withdrawal Low energy, fatigue Unfocused or cloudy thinking Changes in your appetite Increased alcohol or drug use Getting sick more often than usual Is It Stress or Something Else? You may be dealing with something more serious than day-to-day stress if you have symptoms over a perio...
GHB has been investigated as a Tool for inducing absence (petit mal) seizures, for use as an anesthetic, and for treatment of narcolepsy, alcohol dependence and opiate dependence. Since 1990 GHB has been abused in the United States for euphoric, sedative and anabolic effects. Coma and ...
In patients admitted for reasons other than withdrawal (eg, myocardial infarction [MI], multiple trauma), obtaining a history of illicit drug and alcohol abuse is important, as it can assist with anticipating the need for treatment of withdrawal syndrome(s). Alcohol withdrawal Patients have ...
Emotional withdrawal Low energy, fatigue Unfocused or cloudy thinking Changes in your appetite Increased alcohol or drug use Getting sick more often than usual Is It Stress or Something Else? You may be dealing with something more serious than day-to-day stress if you have symptoms over a perio...
Riihioja P, Jaatinen P, Oksanen H, et al. Dexmedetomidine, diazepam, and propranolol in the treatment of alcohol withdrawal symptoms in the rat. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 1997;21:804–8. ArticlePubMedCASGoogle Scholar Riihioja P, Jaatinen P, Haapalinna, et al. Effects of dexmedetomidine on ra...
14. Experimental Physical Dependence on Alcohol in Humans was published in Alcohol & Alcoholism on page 106.
Alcohol use disorder is a widespread problem in Denmark and has severe impacts on health and quality of life of each individual. The clinical treatment of alcohol use disorder involves evidence-based knowledge on medical treatment, physical training, and psychological management. The aim of this stud...
The body’s physical state becomes dependent on its effects and causes withdrawal symptoms without use. One of the main differences in behavioral and substance addictions is that behavioral addictions have no apparent physiological or physical withdrawal symptoms. It is not the physical body that is ...
The Exercise Dependence Scale is a six-point Likert scale that evaluates seven dimensions of exercise dependence (tolerance, withdrawal, intention effects, lack of control, time, reductions in other activities, and continuance) and provides an overall score. A multivariate analysis of variance was ...