Safety Issues Concerning the Use of Disulfiram in Treating Alcohol Dependence
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Drug Safety
- Vol. 20 (5) , 427-435
- https://doi.org/10.2165/00002018-199920050-00003
Abstract
Disulfiram is known to cause hepatitis, which is sometimes fatal. The best estimate of the frequency of disulfiram-induced fatal hepatitis is 1 case in 30 000 patients treated/year. Its appears to be...Keywords
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