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2. Alcohol withdrawal syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Alcohol withdrawal syndrome ( AWS) is a set of symptoms that can occur following a reduction in alcohol use after a period of excessive use. [ 1] Symptoms typically include anxiety, shakiness, sweating, vomiting, fast heart rate, and a mild fever. [ 1] More severe symptoms may include seizures, and delirium tremens (DTs); which can be fatal in ...

3. Disulfiram - Wikipedia

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   Disulfiram. Disulfiram is a medication used to support the treatment of chronic alcoholism by producing an acute sensitivity to ethanol (drinking alcohol). Disulfiram works by inhibiting the enzyme aldehyde dehydrogenase, causing many of the effects of a hangover to be felt immediately following alcohol consumption.

4. Alcohol detoxification - Wikipedia

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   Alcohol detoxification (also known as detox) is the abrupt cessation of alcohol intake in individuals that have alcohol use disorder. This process is often coupled with substitution of drugs that have effects similar to the effects of alcohol in order to lessen the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal. When withdrawal does occur, it results in ...

5. ‘I'm An Alcohol Addiction Specialist—This Is the One Type of ...

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   The most effective treatment for AUD for most people involves a combination of group therapy or a support group, such as Alcoholics Anonymous, for one to three months and medication, Dr. Streem says.

6. Alcohol (drug) - Wikipedia

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   Alcohol is the leading cause of direct deaths from drug overdoses. Symptoms of ethanol overdose may include nausea, vomiting, CNS depression, coma, acute respiratory failure, or death. Levels of even less than 0.1% can cause intoxication, with unconsciousness often occurring at 0.3–0.4%. [ 275]

7. Drug rehabilitation - Wikipedia

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   Drug rehabilitation is the process of medical or psychotherapeutic treatment for dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and street drugs such as cannabis, cocaine, heroin, and amphetamines.

8. Alcohol intoxication - Wikipedia

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   Alcohol intoxication, also known in overdose as alcohol poisoning, [ 1] commonly described as drunkenness or inebriation, [ 9] is the behavior and physical effects caused by a recent consumption of alcohol. [ 6][ 10] In addition to the toxicity of ethanol, the main psychoactive component of alcoholic beverages, other physiological symptoms may ...

9. Oxazepam - Wikipedia

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   Oxazepam. Oxazepam is a short-to-intermediate-acting benzodiazepine. [ 7][ 8] Oxazepam is used for the treatment of anxiety [ 9][ 10] and insomnia and in the control of symptoms of alcohol withdrawal syndrome . It is a metabolite of diazepam, prazepam, and temazepam, [ 11] and has moderate amnesic, anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, hypnotic, sedative ...