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Clinical Trial
. 1986 Dec;18(4):329-34.
doi: 10.1016/0376-8716(86)90095-5.

Comparison of two benzodiazepines in the treatment of alcohol withdrawal: effects on symptoms and cognitive recovery

B Ritson, J Chick
Clinical Trial

Comparison of two benzodiazepines in the treatment of alcohol withdrawal: effects on symptoms and cognitive recovery

B Ritson et al. Drug Alcohol Depend. 1986 Dec.

Abstract

Forty newly admitted alcohol-dependent patients were randomly allocated to equivalent 6-day regimes of either lorazepam or diazepam, to compare involvement in physical, emotional and cognitive state during the first 8 days in hospital. Diazepam provided a more comfortable withdrawal period and was associated with slightly better cognitive functioning on the eighth day.

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