Clinical management of alcohol withdrawal

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 22-32

  Myrick, Hugh ^a   Anton, Raymond F ^b,c  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry

^c Substance Abuse Treatment Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CAROVERINE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; DIAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; LORAZEPAM; MEPROBAMATE; NIMODIPINE; OXAZEPAM; VALPROIC ACID;

AGITATION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIRIUM TREMENS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORIENTATION; FATIGUE; HALLUCINATION; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; NAUSEA; NEUROTOXICITY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SKIN SENSATION; SWEATING; TREMOR; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0033965521     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1092852900012797     Document Type: Review

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