July 17, 2018, by Bob Yirka, Medical Xpress A team of researchers from the German Aerospace Center and Forschungszentrum Jülich has found that people who are most susceptible to alcohol intoxication are also most susceptible to cognitive problems due to sleep deprivation. In their paper published inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group...
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Signs of alcohol withdrawal syndrome
Alcohol withdrawal syndrome is the group of symptoms that can develop when someone with alcohol use disorder suddenly stops drinking. Alcohol use disorder was formerly known as alcohol addiction or alcoholism. If a person regularly drinks too much alcohol, their body may become dependent on the substance. Alcohol is a depressant. Alcohol use disorder or drinking heavily over...
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Drug shows promise for treating alcoholism
Sebastian Hernandez/UCLAUCLA research shows that the drug, ibudilast, reduces people’s craving for alcohol and appears to improve their ability to recover from a stressful situation. UCLA researchers have found that an anti-inflammatory drug primarily used in Japan to treat asthma could help people overcome alcoholism. Their study is the first to evaluate the drug, ibudilast,...
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