Alcohol Intoxication and Withdrawal

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Jan Koch-Weser, M.D., Editor Though the therapy of alcoholism is based primarily on social, psychologic and occasionally psychiatric measures, drug therapies have been used in at least three major problems: intoxication itself; the withdrawal reactions that follow interruption of alcohol intake; and emotional problems in the post-withdrawal period that may lead to relapse into heavy drinking. This article deals only with the first two, since drug therapy of the third problem is in no way specific for alcoholism.Acute IntoxicationThe phenomena of acute intoxication depend not only on the blood alcohol concentration but also on the rate at which . . .