Complex therapy of alcoholic patients with diseases of the liver and gastrointestinal tract
Kirsanov, V.S.; Cherednik, N.N.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 87(2): 261-265
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 3577518 Document Number: 300651
A total of 218 male alcoholics with liver and gastrointestinal diseases were examined. All patients received active anti-alcohol therapy using a modified technique of developing an emotionally negative reflex toward alcohol beverages by spraying alcohol in the oral and nasopharyngeal cavities. The patients responded favourably: in 38% of the patients remission lasted up to 6 months; in 23%, up to 12 months; and in 34%, from 12 to 24 months.