Cardiovascular Complications of Disulfiram Alcohol Reaction

disulfiram for alcohol abuse

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Complications of Alcohol Use in Pregnancy

Background: Alcohol is a potent teratogen and alcohol use in pregnancy and the periconception period can cause many complications in mother, fetus and neonate.  Discussion: Alcohol in the mother's blood passes through the placenta to the baby through the umbilical cord. Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can cause miscarriage, stillbirth, and a range of lifelong disorders. Alcohol-related birth ...

The disulfiram--ethanol reaction: a review.

Cyanamide or disulfiram in the treatment of adolescent alcohol misusers?

was the purpose of our double-blind, placebo-controlled study to verify the efficacy of cyanamide in the treatment of adolescent alcohol abusers (Niederhofer et al., 2003). Cyanamide is registered for the treatment of alcohol misusers; we therefore thought it would be appropriate to ascertain its efficacy, and in particular its safety, in adolescents. Disulfiram 442 The Randomised Controlled Tr...

Does Disulfiram Help to Prevent Relapse in Alcohol Abuse?

When taken in an adequate dose, disulfiram usually deters the drinking of alcohol by the threat or experience of an unpleasant reaction. However, unless its consumption is carefully supervised by a third party as part of the formal or im-plied therapeutic contract, it is usually discontinued and the deterrent effect is therefore lost. In most studies, disulfiram administration has not been supe...