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Re: Why is alcohol the only thing that helps me? » Prefect

Posted by SLS on April 11, 2018, at 5:55:20

In reply to Re: Why is alcohol the only thing that helps me?, posted by Prefect on April 10, 2018, at 23:46:12

> So my doctor refuses to give me more cloanzepam to ween off the alcohol. She presecribed me clonodine instead. We'll see how that works.

Clonodine can be depressogenic - even in otherwise healthy people. If you get this reaction, you might opt for something else. Do you know if guanfacine is ever used? Both drugs are NE alpha-2a agonists.

Carbamazepine (Tegretol) and oxcarbazepine (Trileptal), both of which are anticonvulsants, are used to ease alcohol withdrawal. Perhaps you can research this.

https://www.google.com/search?as_q=alcohol+withdrawal&as_epq=&as_oq=carbamazepine+oxcarbazepine&as_eq=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&lr=&cr=&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=&as_occt=any&safe=images&as_filetype=&as_rights=

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=(carbamazepine+OR+oxcarbazepine)+alcohol+withdrawal

Important side effects:

Carbamazepine: Sedating; agranulocytosis
Oxcarbazepine: Hyponatremia


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