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Alcohol Dependence Syndrome
Alcohol Dependence Syndrome
DEPENDENCE
SYNDROME
ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE(ALCOHOLISM)
• Advise about the harmful effects of alcohol and safe levels of consumption
• Supportive psychotherapy
• Pharmacotherapy includes naltrexone, disulfiram and acamprosate are helpful to treat alcohol
dependence
• Naltrexone is an opiate antagonist. It can be started while the patient is still drinking. It lessens
the pleasurable effects of alcohol and it also reduces craving for alcohol
• Disulfiram should be used by abstinent patients to maintain abstinence
• Acamprosate should be used once abstinence is achieved it reduces craving and helps
maintenance of abstinence
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