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Long Term Trial of Metronidazole in Male Alcoholics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Richard P. Swinson
Richard P. Swinson*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Liverpool, and Addiction Unit, Moston Hospital, Chester
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The use of metronidazole as an adjunct to treatment in alcoholism was first reported by Taylor (1964). Her study of 52 alcoholics led Taylor to suggest three effects of metronidazole in alcoholism—a reduction of craving for alcohol, a psychic aversion to alcohol, and in some cases an antabuse-like response.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 119 , Issue 548 , July 1971 , pp. 85 - 89
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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