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Alcohol and Alcoholism Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 212-214, 2000
© 2000 Medical Council on Alcoholism

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IS DAILY SINGLE DOSAGE OF DIAZEPAM AS EFFECTIVE AS CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE IN DIVIDED DOSES IN ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL — A PILOT STUDY

P. Jauhar* and J. Anderson

Parkhead Hospital, 81 Salamanca Street, Glasgow G31 5BA, UK

Received 27 November 1998; first review notified 30 September 1999; accepted 14 October 1999

We report on a pilot double-blind study on the effectiveness of divided doses of chlordiazepoxide and a single daily dose of diazepam in the treatment of the alcohol-withdrawal syndrome. While a variety of drugs (chlormethiazole, propranolol and clonidine) have been used for treatment of alcohol-withdrawal symptoms, benzodiazepines remain the drugs of choice for alcohol detoxification (Mayo-Smith, 1997Go). Diazepam and chlordiazepoxide are both . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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