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Experience with Carbamazepine in the Treatment of Withdrawal Symptoms in Alcohol Abusers
Author(s) -
Poutanen Pauli
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
british journal of addiction to alcohol and other drugs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0007-0890
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1979.tb02430.x
Subject(s) - carbamazepine , placebo , medicine , psychology , anesthesia , psychiatry , epilepsy , alternative medicine , pathology
Summary The use of carbamazepine in the treatment of chronic alcohol abusers has been described by Brune and Busch (1971), Löfgren (1972), Roaldsnes (1972) and Gammer (1976), among others. Ritola (1975) compared the effects of clomethiazole and carbamazepine in the treatment of alcoholics using double‐blind techniques at Törnävä Hospital in 1974. Björkqvist and co‐workers (1976) carried out a comparative multi‐centre trial with carbamazepine and placebo. The positive results obtained in these clinical trials encouraged us to study carbamazepine in the treatment of alcohol abusers in a withdrawal unit for alcoholics.