| Question 1: ________ has demonstrated superior clinical effects in the suppression of alcohol withdrawal symptoms in a head to head comparison study with the benzodiazepine drug chlordiazepoxide. | |||
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| Question 2: [16] Insomnia is also a common ________ symptom which persists after the acute withdrawal phase of alcohol. | |||
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| Question 3: Magnesium appears to be effective in the treatment of alcohol withdrawal related ________. | |||
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| Question 4: Protracted ________ has been reported in the medical literature as a possible but unusual feature of alcohol withdrawal. | |||
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| Question 5: This in turn leads to more profound withdrawal symptoms including ________, convulsions and neurotoxicity. | |||
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| Question 6: Symptoms can include a craving for alcohol, inability to feel pleasure from normally pleasurable things (also known as anhedonia), clouding of ________, disorientation, nausea and vomiting or headache. | |||
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| Question 7: ________ has been shown to be as effective as diazepam in uncomplicated alcohol withdrawal syndrome. | |||
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| Question 8: Unlike most ________ from other drugs, alcohol withdrawal can be fatal. | |||
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| Question 9: Treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome can be managed with various pharmaceutical medications including ________, benzodiazepines and clonidine. | |||
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| Question 10: ________, olanzapine or low potency phenothiazines eg chlorpromazine are particularly risky; if used extreme caution is required. | |||
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