PHARMACOTHERAPIES FOR ALCOHOLISM - PROMISING AGENTS AND CLINICAL ISSUES

被引:90
作者
LITTEN, RZ
ALLEN, JP
机构
[1] Treatment Research Branch, Division of Clinical and Prevention Research, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Rockville, Maryland
关键词
PHARMACOTHERAPY; ALCOHOLISM;
D O I
10.1111/j.1530-0277.1991.tb00570.x
中图分类号
R194 [卫生标准、卫生检查、医药管理];
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摘要
The past 10 years have witnessed important advances in research on pharmacotherapy for alcoholism. Promising drugs are discussed under six headings: agents to treat alcohol withdrawal; anticraving agents; agents that make drinking an aversive experience; agents to alleviate concomitant psychiatric problems; agents to treat concurrent drug abuse; and amethystic ("sobering-up") agents. Research on the drug classes is summarized and clinical issues surrounding specific agents and alcoholism pharmacotherapy in general are discussed. Finally, long-range therapeutic implications of recent findings on the actions of alcohol on basic mechanisms of the brain are offered.
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