Treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome with combined carbamazepine and tiapride in a patient with probable sleep apnoe syndrome: A case report

Pharmacopsychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 96-98

  Gartenmaier, A ^a,b   Pelzer, E ^a   Soyka, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOMETHIAZOLE; CLONIDINE; TIAPRIDE;

AGED; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESTLESSNESS; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SWEATING;

AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; ETHANOL; HUMANS; MALE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TIAPRIDE;

EID: 15244357524     PISSN: 01763679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-837810     Document Type: Article

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