The Diagnosis and Treatment of Panic Disorder in Alcoholics: Three Cases
作者:
BaronDavid H.,
SandsBrian F.,
CirauloDomenic A.,
ShaderRichard I.,
期刊:
The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
(Taylor Available online 1990)
卷期:
Volume 16,
issue 3-4
页码: 287-295
ISSN:0095-2990
年代: 1990
DOI:10.3109/00952999009001590
出版商: Taylor&Francis
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
It has been postulated that many alcoholics use alcohol to“self-medicate”symptoms of anxiety or panic. Early diagnosis and treatment in this population are both complicated by symptoms of alcohol withdrawal and controversial because of the belief that alcoholics will abuse anxiolytics. The authors present three patients with alcoholism in whom diagnosis of panic was facilitated by intravenous lactate infusion, and whose symptoms were alleviated by clonazepam. All three patients were able to maintain sobriety during treatment. The authors conclude that in a subpopulation of alcoholics, pharmacotherapy for panic may be indicated and not lead to anxiolytic abuse.
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