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A [[systematic review]] concluded "full AUDIT may be superior to the AUDIT-C."<ref name="pmid19075207">{{cite journal |author=Kriston L, Hölzel L, Weiser AK, Berner MM, Härter M |title=Meta-analysis: are 3 questions enough to detect unhealthy alcohol use? |journal=Ann. Intern. Med. |volume=149 |issue=12 |pages=879–88 |year=2008 |month=December |pmid=19075207 |doi= |url=http://www.annals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=19075207 |issn=}}</ref> | A [[systematic review]] concluded "full AUDIT may be superior to the AUDIT-C."<ref name="pmid19075207">{{cite journal |author=Kriston L, Hölzel L, Weiser AK, Berner MM, Härter M |title=Meta-analysis: are 3 questions enough to detect unhealthy alcohol use? |journal=Ann. Intern. Med. |volume=149 |issue=12 |pages=879–88 |year=2008 |month=December |pmid=19075207 |doi= |url=http://www.annals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=19075207 |issn=}}</ref> | ||
One question, "'How many times in the past year have you had X or more drinks in a | One question, "'How many times in the past year have you had X or more drinks in a day?', where X is 5 for men and 4 for women, and a response of >1 is considered positive" has accuracy of:<ref>{{Cite journal | ||
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==Treatment== | ==Treatment== | ||
===Medications=== | ===Medications=== | ||
====Acamprosate ==== | |||
"[[Acamprosate]] appears to be an effective and safe treatment strategy for supporting continuous abstinence after detoxification in alcohol dependent patients" according to the [http://cochrane.org Cochrane Collaboration].<ref name="pmid20824837">{{cite journal| author=Rösner S, Hackl-Herrwerth A, Leucht S, Lehert P, Vecchi S, Soyka M| title=Acamprosate for alcohol dependence. | journal=Cochrane Database Syst Rev | year= 2010 | volume= 9 | issue= | pages= CD004332 | pmid=20824837 | doi=10.1002/14651858.CD004332.pub2 }} </ref> In this review, the [[number needed to treat]] was about 9 patients. | |||
====Baclofen==== | ====Baclofen==== | ||
Baclofen is | Baclofen is a selective GABA B-receptor agonist that in a single trial of patients with alcoholic cirrhosis improved abstinence rates (71% versus 29%) over three months.<ref name="pmidpending">2007. [http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673607618145/abstract Lancet]</ref> | ||
====Disulfiram==== | ====Disulfiram==== | ||
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[[Randomized controlled trial]]s of volunteers showed benefit from [[topiramate]].<ref name="pmid18541827">{{cite journal| author=Johnson BA, Rosenthal N, Capece JA, Wiegand F, Mao L, Beyers K et al.| title=Improvement of physical health and quality of life of alcohol-dependent individuals with topiramate treatment: US multisite randomized controlled trial. | journal=Arch Intern Med | year= 2008 | volume= 168 | issue= 11 | pages= 1188-99 | pmid=18541827 | doi=10.1001/archinte.168.11.1188 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18541827 }} </ref><ref name="pmid17925516">{{cite journal| author=Johnson BA, Rosenthal N, Capece JA, Wiegand F, Mao L, Beyers K et al.| title=Topiramate for treating alcohol dependence: a randomized controlled trial. | journal=JAMA | year= 2007 | volume= 298 | issue= 14 | pages= 1641-51 | pmid=17925516 | doi=10.1001/jama.298.14.1641 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17925516 }} </ref> | |||
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Latest revision as of 06:00, 8 July 2024
Alcoholism is a chronic condition, the development and presentation of which is influenced by genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors. As a disease process, it is often progressive, and sometimes fatal. Alcoholism is typically characterized by impaired impulse control, preoccupation with alcohol, continued use of alcohol despite adverse consequences, and a generalized distortion in thinking. While the condition itself is considered chronic, the symptom profile may present either continuously or periodically." [1]
Etiology / cause
Alcoholism is "probably a multifactorial, genetically influenced disorder" and twin studies show a "55% or higher concordance rate in monozygotic twins with only a 28% rate for like-sex dizygotic twins."[2]
Alcoholic styles
Chronic drinking
Maintenance drinking
Binge drinking
Blackout drinking
Recovery styles
The 'dry drunk'
In recovery
Post-recovery
Diagnosis
A systematic review concluded "full AUDIT may be superior to the AUDIT-C."[3]
One question, "'How many times in the past year have you had X or more drinks in a day?', where X is 5 for men and 4 for women, and a response of >1 is considered positive" has accuracy of:[4]
- Sensitivity 82%
- Specificity 79%
Hair analysis
Hair analysis can detect alcohol consumption by measuring fatty acid ethyl esters and ethyl glucuronide that are metabolites of ethanol.[5][6]
Treatment
Medications
Acamprosate
"Acamprosate appears to be an effective and safe treatment strategy for supporting continuous abstinence after detoxification in alcohol dependent patients" according to the Cochrane Collaboration.[7] In this review, the number needed to treat was about 9 patients.
Baclofen
Baclofen is a selective GABA B-receptor agonist that in a single trial of patients with alcoholic cirrhosis improved abstinence rates (71% versus 29%) over three months.[8]
Disulfiram
A randomized controlled trial showed benefit from disulfiram [9]
Topiramate
Randomized controlled trials of volunteers showed benefit from topiramate.[10][11]
Naltrexone
Randomized controlled trials show conflicting benefit from naltrexone with benefit among recent abstainers[12] and no benefit from chronic users[13].
See also
References
- ↑ National Library of Medicine. Alcoholism. Retrieved on 2007-12-06.
- ↑ Alcohol Dependence. (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man, OMIM®. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. MIM Number: 103780. World Wide Web URL: http://omim.org/.)
- ↑ Kriston L, Hölzel L, Weiser AK, Berner MM, Härter M (December 2008). "Meta-analysis: are 3 questions enough to detect unhealthy alcohol use?". Ann. Intern. Med. 149 (12): 879–88. PMID 19075207. [e]
- ↑ Smith, Peter; Susan Schmidt, Donald Allensworth-Davies, Richard Saitz (2009-07-01). "Primary Care Validation of a Single-Question Alcohol Screening Test". Journal of General Internal Medicine 24 (7): 783-788. DOI:10.1007/s11606-009-0928-6. PMID 19247718. Retrieved on 2009-06-16. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Pragst F, Balikova MA (August 2006). "State of the art in hair analysis for detection of drug and alcohol abuse". Clin. Chim. Acta 370 (1-2): 17–49. DOI:10.1016/j.cca.2006.02.019. PMID 16624267. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Pragst F, Yegles M (April 2008). "Determination of fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEE) and ethyl glucuronide (EtG) in hair: a promising way for retrospective detection of alcohol abuse during pregnancy?". Ther Drug Monit 30 (2): 255–63. DOI:10.1097/FTD.0b013e318167d602. PMID 18367991. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Rösner S, Hackl-Herrwerth A, Leucht S, Lehert P, Vecchi S, Soyka M (2010). "Acamprosate for alcohol dependence.". Cochrane Database Syst Rev 9: CD004332. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD004332.pub2. PMID 20824837. Research Blogging.
- ↑ 2007. Lancet
- ↑ Fuller RK, Branchey L, Brightwell DR, et al (1986). "Disulfiram treatment of alcoholism. A Veterans Administration cooperative study". JAMA 256 (11): 1449–55. PMID 3528541. [e]
- ↑ Johnson BA, Rosenthal N, Capece JA, Wiegand F, Mao L, Beyers K et al. (2008). "Improvement of physical health and quality of life of alcohol-dependent individuals with topiramate treatment: US multisite randomized controlled trial.". Arch Intern Med 168 (11): 1188-99. DOI:10.1001/archinte.168.11.1188. PMID 18541827. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Johnson BA, Rosenthal N, Capece JA, Wiegand F, Mao L, Beyers K et al. (2007). "Topiramate for treating alcohol dependence: a randomized controlled trial.". JAMA 298 (14): 1641-51. DOI:10.1001/jama.298.14.1641. PMID 17925516. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Anton RF, O'Malley SS, Ciraulo DA, et al (2006). "Combined pharmacotherapies and behavioral interventions for alcohol dependence: the COMBINE study: a randomized controlled trial". JAMA 295 (17): 2003–17. DOI:10.1001/jama.295.17.2003. PMID 16670409. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Krystal JH, Cramer JA, Krol WF, Kirk GF, Rosenheck RA (2001). "Naltrexone in the treatment of alcohol dependence". N. Engl. J. Med. 345 (24): 1734–9. DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa011127. PMID 11742047. Research Blogging.