Enlarged double-blind randomised trial of benzodiazepines against psychotropic analgesic nitrous oxide for alcohol withdrawal

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1183-1187

  Gillman, Mark A ^a   Lichtigfeld, Frederick J ^a  

^a South African Brain Research Institute   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alcohol withdrawal; Benzodiazepine; Double blind; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC ANALGESIC NITROUS OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; DIAZEPAM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ETHANOL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROUS OXIDE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 3242690839     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2004.03.015     Document Type: Article

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