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Suggest An Effective Treatment To Quit Alcohol Addiction

My husband is an alcoholic.He is not ready to quit. He has been hospitalized in CIP, in deaddiction cell, Ranchi,India for 21 days.After that also he didn't quit.I want any medicine name so that without his knowledge he'll quit alcohol.For his addiction he lost his job also. We are very much tensed.
Fri, 9 May 2014
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As de addiction with out patients knowledge is very difficult but there is one way with that way one can stop alcohol but it is risky as there is interaction between alcohol and drug.. it is called as aversive therapy. in which we prescribed Tab dislfirum 250mg in morning after that if one drink alcohol he had symptoms like flushing,redness, itching, vomiting, breathlessness, also some times bloody vomiting coma death occurs if took alcohol in excessive form.. one must take pt to hospital immediately..
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Suggest An Effective Treatment To Quit Alcohol Addiction

As de addiction with out patients knowledge is very difficult but there is one way with that way one can stop alcohol but it is risky as there is interaction between alcohol and drug.. it is called as aversive therapy. in which we prescribed Tab dislfirum 250mg in morning after that if one drink alcohol he had symptoms like flushing,redness, itching, vomiting, breathlessness, also some times bloody vomiting coma death occurs if took alcohol in excessive form.. one must take pt to hospital immediately..