Oxcarbazepine versus carbamazepine in the treatment of alcohol withdrawal

Addiction Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-288

  Schik, Gesa ^a   Wedegaertner, F R ^a   Liersch, J ^a   Hoy, L ^a   Emrich, H M ^a   Schneider, U ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOMETHIAZOLE; DIAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; OXCARBAZEPINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM TREMENS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VISUAL DISORDER; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 24944575650     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13556210500224015     Document Type: Article

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