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Chlormethiazole and Trifluoperazine in Alcohol Withdrawal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. S. Madden ,
D. Jones  and
E. P. Frisch
J. S. Madden
Affiliation:
Addiction Unit, Moston Hospital, Chester
D. Jones
Affiliation:
Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool 14
E. P. Frisch
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Investigations and Medical Statistics, Laboratories Division, AB Astra, Södertölje, Sweden
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Chlormethiazole (Heminevrin) is a sedative and anticonvulsant that has been reported by Glatt et al. (1965) to be more effective than placebo for the alcohol abstinence syndrome. The present study was designed to compare the substance with trifluoperazine (Stelazine).

Type
Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 115 , Issue 527 , October 1969 , pp. 1191 - 1192
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1969 

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