Using Disulfiram to Maintain Controlled Drinking: A Case Report with a 14-Year Follow-Up
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Addiction Research
- Vol. 4 (3) , 231-235
- https://doi.org/10.3109/16066359609005569
Abstract
Alcohol-sensitising drugs are normally prescribed to achieve abstinence, but in smaller and individually adjusted dosage, they can be used as an aid to controlled drinking. A case is described in which, following a period of abstinence, the regular use of supervised disulfiram early in the week enabled the patient to drink in a consistently controlled fashion at weekends, despite the failure of previous abstinence-based treatments. (1798 text words)Keywords
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