title: [Indications for the use of chlormethiazole ].
abstract: Clomethiazol (Distraneurin) has decisively improved our therapeutic possibilities in delirium tremens. Furthermore, it has acquired a certain degree of importance in the treatment of agitation and sleep disorders in geronto-psychiatric patients. In the meantime, owing to the fact that doctors have been too ready to prescribe it for indications other than those mentioned above, a level of abuse of this substance--which has the potential for both psychological and physical dependence--has reached a point at which its usefulness threatens to become eclipsed.
authors: Psychiatrische Klinik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
authors: W D
authors: WD
authors: Braunwarth
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000430:Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium / Q000188:drug therapy; D002719:Chlormethiazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004461:Eclampsia / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation / Q000188:drug therapy; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D002719:Chlormethiazole
vernacular_title: Indikationen für den Einsatz von Clomethiazol.