Status of disulfiram in present day alcoholic deaddiction therapy

Indian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-29

  Palatty, Princy Louis ^a   Saldanha, Elroy ^a  

^a FATHER MULLER MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reaction; alcohol de addiction; de addiction regimen; disulfiram; drug default

Indexed keywords

DISULFIRAM; NITRAZEPAM;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; DETOXIFICATION; DIARRHEA; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FLATULENCE; HEART PALPITATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIBIDO DISORDER; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PUSTULE; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TASTE DISORDER; VOMITING;

EID: 79251588748     PISSN: 00195545     EISSN: 19983794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.75557     Document Type: Article

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