Buspirone treatment of alcoholism: Age of onset, and cerebrospinal fluid 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid and homovanillic acid concentrations, but not medication treatment, predict return to drinking

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作者
George, DT [1 ]
Rawlings, R [1 ]
Eckardt, MJ [1 ]
Phillips, MJ [1 ]
Shoaf, SE [1 ]
Linnoila, M [1 ]
机构
[1] NIAAA, Clin Studies Lab, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
关键词
alcoholism; alcohol treatment; CSF HVA; CSF; 5HIAA;
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10.1111/j.1530-0277.1999.tb04110.x
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R194 [卫生标准、卫生检查、医药管理];
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摘要
Disturbances in central nervous system serotonin (5-HT) have been implicated in the pathophysiology of alcoholism, To test the hypothesis that increasing 5-HT function could promote treatment compliance, we randomized patients who had completed a 5-week inpatient treatment program for alcoholism to receive either buspirone or placebo for 1 year. Ten of the 49 patients remained in the study for the entire year. The days to relapse did not differ significantly between patients receiving buspirone or placebo. Regardless of the medication, late-onset alcoholics had a longer time to relapse than early-onset alcoholics, Cerebrospinal fluid showed that patients with high concentrations of both the 5-HT metabolite, 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid, and the dopamine metabolite, homovanillic acid, were more likely to relapse, compared with patients with low concentrations of cerebrospinal fluid 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid and homovanillic acid.
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