Alcoholism Withdrawal Symptoms in the News

Benzodiazepines discouraged for alcohol withdrawal
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Instead, Dr. Maldonado and his colleagues use a nonbenzodiazepine withdrawal protocol based on the alpha-2 agonist clonidine because alpha-2 blockers address the norepinephrine overload that drives 85% of the withdrawal symptoms, including cardiac …
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Protecting Home Turf in the Fight Against Processed Food
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Although it's too soon to say definitively that food is addictive in the same way as drugs and alcohol, the science is raising serious concerns. Sugar and fat — substances our brains are programmed to crave — are being injected into processed food in …
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