Gabapentin versus chlordiazepoxide for outpatient alcohol detoxification treatment;Gabapentina vs Clordiazepoxida para el Tratamiento Ambulatorio de Detoxificación de Alcohol

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 961-969

  Stock, Christopher J ^a   Carpenter, Lindsay ^a   Ying, Jian ^b   Greene, Tom ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; FOLIC ACID; GABAPENTIN; PLACEBO; THIAMINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VETERAN;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE; AMINES; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS;

EID: 84880070919     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1R751     Document Type: Article

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