title: Drug therapies as sources of information about alcoholism.
abstract: This report touched three aspects of drug therapy in alcoholics. The first topic consisted of a comparison between the effects of disulfiram treatment with the consequences of inborn deficiency of aldehyde dehydrogenase isozyme I; the comparison generated some concepts which might be subject to observational verification. The second topic was the citation of studies which suggest a selective decrease of the appetite for alcohol by drugs classified as serotonin uptake blockers. Finally, I cited the presently revealed success of propylthiouracil treatment of alcoholics suffering from liver damage, a success measured not only in laboratory terms but in terms of patient survival.
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001348:Aversive Therapy / Q000379:methods; D004221:Disulfiram / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006519:Hepatitis, Alcoholic / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D011441:Propylthiouracil / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D011441:Propylthiouracil; D004221:Disulfiram