Alcohol withdrawal happens when someone with a significant ... alcohol is handled as a controlled drug. Stringent protocols are in place to ensure patient safety. Only consultants with expertise ...

This is called alcohol withdrawal. About half of all people with alcohol use disorder go through it. For men, heavy drinking is defined as five or more alcoholic drinks in a day or 15 or more per ...

Emergency department (ED) clinicians face multiple barriers in initiating naltrexone for alcohol use disorder (AUD), including a lack of screening protocols and limited treatment awareness.

Methods: Following a 7–10 day inpatient alcohol detoxification protocol, 90 patients were ... present during the early phase of alcohol withdrawal. Furthermore, topiramate considerably helps ...