Alprazolam withdrawal delirium

Recognition and management of withdrawal delirium (delirium tremens).

Copyright © 2014 Massachusetts Medical Society. At some time in their lives, 20% of men and 10% of women in most Western societies will have an alcohol-use disorder, which is defined as repetitive alcohol-related problems in at least 2 of 11 areas of life.1,2 These conditions can decrease the life span by a decade and are associated with severe impairments in social functioning, as well as high...

Treatment of alprazolam withdrawal with chlordiazepoxide substitution and taper.

We describe the first case series (n = 6) of using chlordiazepoxide to accomplish a rapid, well-tolerated withdrawal from alprazolam. After abruptly discontinuing alprazolam, we substituted a 50-mg dose of chlordiazepoxide for each 1 mg of alprazolam (except for one elderly patient where we substituted 25 mg) and gave additional chlordiazepoxide doses (25-50 mg every 4-6 hours) as needed for th...

Acute Alcohol Withdrawal and Delirium Tremens

Acute Alcohol Withdrawal and Delirium Tremens

Carisoprodol withdrawal induced delirium: A case study

A 43-year-old woman with chronic back pain found relief by taking carisoprodol, a centrally acting skeletal muscle relaxant. She had acquired large amounts of the prescription medication through the Internet and was taking approximately three hundred 350 mg tablets each week, at times up to fifty tablets per day. She then abruptly stopped the medication and presented to the emergency room one w...