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Prompt responses to the administration of ethanol in the treatment of the alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS).
Neurologist 2009 September
OBJECTIVE: To report the beneficial effect of the administration of ethanol in the treatment of the alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS).
METHODS: In 3 instances of the AWS in subjects who used alcohol in socially acceptable amounts, ethanol was administered in one case intravenously, and in 2 cases orally.
RESULTS: Symptoms were dramatically relieved in 20, 10 and 5 minutes, respectively.
INTERPRETATION: 1. This study suggests the greater use of ethanol in the treatment of AWS. 2. Withdrawal symptoms occurred in subjects who drank only 30 to 60 mL of whiskey daily. 3. Withdrawal manifestations may take up to 10 weeks to clear. 4. The violent reaction of patients to being restrained physically in their management, the restraint reaction, may find its analogy in Watson's intolerable restraint reaction in infants.
METHODS: In 3 instances of the AWS in subjects who used alcohol in socially acceptable amounts, ethanol was administered in one case intravenously, and in 2 cases orally.
RESULTS: Symptoms were dramatically relieved in 20, 10 and 5 minutes, respectively.
INTERPRETATION: 1. This study suggests the greater use of ethanol in the treatment of AWS. 2. Withdrawal symptoms occurred in subjects who drank only 30 to 60 mL of whiskey daily. 3. Withdrawal manifestations may take up to 10 weeks to clear. 4. The violent reaction of patients to being restrained physically in their management, the restraint reaction, may find its analogy in Watson's intolerable restraint reaction in infants.
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