This review will cover tablets from alcohol addiction - a modern pharmaceutical product that is in very high demand. People who have been bypassed by the vice of alcoholism often do not understand why they need to drink some pills in order not to drink alcohol ... It seems to them that it is enough just to quit drinking alcohol. But those unfortunates who have developed a steady dependence on alcohol, as well as their immediate relatives, know how hard it is to win alcohol craving. Therefore, they take all means and opportunities as allies, and wives and mothers of alcoholics often even try to use tablets from alcohol dependence without the knowledge of the patient, hoping to free him from addiction. We will also talk about the expediency of the latter in our article.

Is alcoholism curable?

Unfortunately, doctors give an unequivocal negative answer to this question. Alcoholism is a disease that cannot be cured. That is, an alcoholic is a life title. But this postulate does not mean at all that it is impossible to stop drinking, on the contrary, a person with the help of doctors or even can independently say alcohol: “Farewell!” - And until the end of life do not take a drop of alcohol in his mouth. Alcohol addiction pills can help. Below we describe in detail about all such medicinal preparations  and about the schemes of their reception.

Pharmacological remedies that cause aversion to alcohol

There are pills for alcohol dependence, containing a substance (disulfiram or cyaminade), which, while in the body, does not oxidize ethyl alcohol. Thanks to this, the concentration of acetaldehyde increases in the blood of a person who has taken alcohol, which causes such unpleasant reactions as heart palpitations, nausea, vomiting, hand tremors, fear of death, etc. This helps the patient develop a conditioned reflex of strong aversion to alcoholic beverages. .

The name of the tablets of alcohol dependence on the basis of disulfiram:

• Lidevin.
• "Teturam".
• "Esperal".
• "Tetlong -250".
• "Antabus".
• "Alkofobin".
• "Antetil".
• "Disethyl".
• Abstinil.
• "Espenal".
• "Exoran".
• "Radoter".
• "Anthetan" and others.

These drugs are recommended to be taken orally in the morning before breakfast, with ordinary water. It is best if the average daily dose is calculated and prescribed by a doctor. And although it is allowed to buy pills from alcohol dependence without a prescription today in almost any pharmacy, self-administration of such drugs, without prior health screening, can be dangerous, since these drugs have a number of contraindications.

In addition to pills for oral use, drugs are produced, which the narcologist puts the patient in the gluteus maximus or shoulder. The active substance is gradually released from the capsule and constantly circulates in the blood of the "hemmed" person, who knows that if he allows himself to drink at least some of the alcoholic beverages, he will feel bad.

Adverse reactions

Even without taking alcohol, disulfiram-containing products can sometimes have a number of side effects:

• Polyneuritis.
• Weakness.
• Metallic taste in the mouth.
• Hepatitis (very rare).

But with the ingestion of even small doses of ethyl alcohol in humans, the following conditions occur:

• Blurred vision.
• Tachycardia.
• Sternum pain.
• Nausea.
• Difficulty breathing.

In severe cases, there is severe vomiting, falling blood pressure, depression of respiratory function, convulsions, vasospasm of the heart vessels, heart attack, loss of consciousness, collapse. From the above it is clear that the pills for treating alcohol addiction are not at all harmless pills - their use requires caution. Prolonged uncontrolled use of drugs with disulfiram can cause psychosis.

Important warning: ethyl alcohol is not only contained in alcoholic beverages, it may also be present in some medications. Reception of such remedies  incompatible with disulfiram - this rule must be remembered and observed. Otherwise, you can get the above side effects.

Contraindications

Alcohol-dependent tablets containing disulfiram are contraindicated in the following diseases and conditions:

• Atherosclerosis of the brain.
• Hypertension in 2nd and 3rd degree.
• Severe heart disease.
• Glaucoma.
• Thyrotoxicosis.
• Neuritis of the auditory nerve.
• Diabetes.
• Pulmonary tuberculosis.
• Bronchial asthma.
• Liver failure.
• Oncology.
• Renal failure.
• Peptic ulcer disease.
• Mental illness.

Disulfiram intake should not be combined with drugs that lower blood clotting to avoid the risk of possible bleeding. It is also not prescribed after a stroke and people over sixty years old.

Drug "Colme"

Pharmaceutical companies produce not only anti-alcohol pills, pills have an excellent alternative - drops of “Colme”. The active substance in them is not disulfiram, but ciamine, but it has exactly the same effect, “punishing” the person who ingested alcohol. Colma drops are sold in glass ampoules, with a special dispenser bottle attached to each package.

Many people believe that such a drug is much more convenient than conventional alcohol dependence pills. At home, this tool is very simple to use: 12-25 drops of “Colme” are dripped into ordinary water for drinking, tea or even soup. This should be done twice a day, with twelve-hour intervals between doses. The drug has almost no side effects, unless, of course, a person drinks alcohol. In the latter case, the following symptoms are observed:

• Redness of the skin.
• Nausea.
• Heart rhythm disorders.
• Choking sensation.
• Chest pains.
• Dizziness, etc.

The instructions for the drug states that during the application of "Colme" it is necessary to monitor the work of the thyroid gland. With the disease diabetes mellitus, kidney disease, cardiovascular system, epilepsy, drinking alcohol on the background of "Colme" can be very dangerous.

With prolonged use, cyanamide drops accumulate in the blood. Therefore, even after discontinuation of the drug for 2 days, you must refrain from alcohol. In persons with delayed metabolism, the term of complete elimination of "Colme" can increase and be from one to two weeks.

Drug that reduces cravings for alcohol

And now we will tell you what are called pills for alcohol dependence with a milder effect than the drugs mentioned earlier. "Proproten-100" are homeopathic pills that are recommended to be absorbed in the mouth until completely dissolved 15 or 20 minutes before a meal. "Proproten-100" effectively helps with the symptoms of alcohol intoxication and reduces the desire to take the next dose of alcohol.

The regimen is as follows: in the first 2 hours after waking up, take 1 tablet every 30 minutes. Then for 10 hours, if necessary, you can dissolve 1 tablet every hour. In the next two or three days, 1 tab. four to six hours. In order to prevent relapses, "Proproten-100" can be taken 2-3 months (1-2 tablets per day).

What will help with a hangover

The following drugs: “Zorex”, “Alka-prim”, “Alka-Seltzer”, “Limontar” - do not directly affect the reduction of craving for alcohol, but they do well reduce the severity of symptoms of hangover. As it is known, many people prefer to treat similar with similar and, waking up in the morning after the previous heavy libation, they drink again alcohol to get rid of the hangover. So there is a vicious circle, and often a person even with all the desire can not get out of the binge. In this case, how to get rid of alcohol addiction? Tablets for a hangover will help make the first steps to sobriety. They will relieve tremor, tachycardia, nausea, headache, anxiety and other manifestations of a hangover.

Alka-Seltzer is a product whose main components are acetylsalicylic acid, sodium bicarbonate and citric acid. These are effervescent tablets that dissolve in water. It is recommended to apply 1-2 tablets up to six times a day; wherein maximum dose, which can be consumed within one day, - no more than nine tablets. More than 5 days in a row the drug can not be taken.

Side effects of the drug may include: a rash on the skin, pain in the abdomen, nausea and heartburn, tinnitus, gastrointestinal lesions, and disorders of the liver. Contraindications: ulcers in the gastrointestinal tract, hemorrhagic diathesis, bronchial asthma, pregnancy, liver, and renal failure.

"Zorex" capsules contain calcium pantothenate and unithiol, facilitating the excretion of ethanol and acetaldehyde. To alleviate the symptoms of alcohol intoxication, it is required to drink 1 capsule half an hour before meals. For a thorough cleansing of the body, it is necessary to take the drug for at least 7 days, and in chronic alcoholism - 10 days. Side effects: allergic reactions; in case of overdose - nausea, dizziness, tachycardia, pallor of the skin.

"Limontar" - tablets based on succinic and citric acids, the combined action of which accelerates the conversion of acetaldehyde to acetic acid, and also stimulates metabolic processes in body tissues and improves cellular respiration. This drug is good as a prophylactic agent to prevent intoxication.

To use the tablet, the drug must be crushed and dissolved in mineral water; when using ordinary water in the solution it is recommended to add a little soda. The resulting solution is drunk half an hour or an hour before taking alcohol. Contraindications: gastric ulcer (with exacerbation), ischemic heart disease, glaucoma, hypertension, hypersensitivity.

"Alka-prim" is a drug that combines acetylsalicylic acid and glycine. These are effervescent tablets that need to be dissolved in water and taken in the same way as Alka-Seltzer. Side effects: temporary loss of appetite, nausea, skin rash, stomach ache.

In the people, alcoholism is considered to be something of a vice, and people who suffer from alcohol dependence are disappearing weak men with a low moral character, and it is a pity to waste time on them. Therefore, when such a problem arises in the family, there is an explanation immediately (“he has all of them in the family”), and then a solution (“quit until he broke your life”). Of course, there are selfless and devoted spouses who stay close and try to wrest their half from the clutches of the green serpent, but most of them directly or implicitly blame the alcoholic for being such.

Meanwhile, alcoholism is the same disease as or. There is a predisposition to it, it has a mechanism of occurrence and developmental stage, periods of exacerbation and remission. And, like any disease, alcoholism can be, and most importantly - should be treated. But in order to start treatment, firstly, it is necessary to recognize the existence of a problem, and secondly, to work out the right attitude towards it. Drunk sittings after work every weekend is not normal, the inability to celebrate a momentous event without a bottle is sad, and jokes about who fought with someone and what he lost while intoxicated is not funny at all.

Why does addiction arise?

Almost everyone who agrees to recognize alcoholism as a disease immediately rushes to add the word "hereditary" to this definition. Therefore, patients have some physiological features that they pass on to their descendants. How else to explain the fact that some people constantly drink, but do not become addicted, while others after several years of regular libations completely lose their human appearance?

Physiological peculiarity really exists, but it is not a decisive factor in the formation of alcohol dependence. This feature only affects the speed at which a person becomes accustomed to alcohol.

Two enzymes are produced in the liver, on which the predisposition to alcoholism directly depends:

Alcohol dehydrogenase  - starts a chemical reaction, as a result of which ethyl alcohol is decomposed into water and acetaldehyde, is a toxic substance that causes hangover symptoms. The more a person of this enzyme, the faster he sober. But the more often and more he drinks, the less alcohol dehydrogenase is produced by the liver;

Acetaldehyderogenase  - Saves the body from acetaldehyde poisoning, turning it into harmless acetic acid. The more a person has this enzyme, the more alcohol he is able to use without the painful morning effects. But, as in the previous case, regular alcohol abuse leads to a decrease in the production of a valuable enzyme.

Blame the genes?

The conclusion suggests itself: if a person naturally has a liver that does not do a good job and does not provide the body with enzymes in the right amount, it will almost certainly become an alcoholic. But this is not at all the case, and international statistics are the best evidence of the fallacy of the genetic theory of alcoholism.

Representatives of the Mongoloid race produce a meager amount of alcoholic enzymes, so after a few glasses of fire, they turn red and begin to feel ill. In other words, with such an organism you will not get any pleasure from drinking, which is why Asians very rarely become addicted to alcohol.

But among the indigenous peoples of South America - the Indians - by nature a fast metabolism, and the liver synthesizes a very large amount of both alcoholic enzymes, therefore, not having had time to really get a bit drunk, they immediately sober without a hangover. That is why the descendants of the Mayans and Aztecs rarely get sick with alcoholism - they simply don’t have the “buzz” from which other nations fall into dependence.

Other Indians, North American, as well as small ethnic groups of the Far North, on the contrary, are traditionally considered the most drinkers. In some American reservations and remote villages of the Komi Republic, something really terrible is happening - people do not dry out for months, and everything is without exception.

Surprisingly, enzymes have absolutely nothing to do with this trouble! Among representatives of African, North American and Northern European (Slavic including) peoples, the production of alcoholic enzymes in the liver is naturally at the average level. The cause of the global drunkenness of the Cherokee Indians and the inhabitants of the provincial villages of the Far North is isolation and social distress. People simply have no perspectives in life, and all around is just one example of behavior - drunkenness.

We are approaching the main point: the Russians, as you already understand, have no genetic reasons for drinking. The “folk tradition” is to blame for everything. It is also necessary to take into account the fact that with age, the liver starts to work worse for any person, and the number of necessary enzymes decreases. Therefore, the average Russian alcoholic is a mature person, a product of his environment and a slave of his habits.

Male and female

Ethyl alcohol in the liver reacts with fatty acids, the product of which is ethyl ether - a volatile substance that causes a feeling of lightness and euphoria. In medicine, ethyl ether is used as a means to immerse patients in a state of anesthesia. But where is female alcoholism, often called "incurable"?

The fact is that in women, on average, a higher percentage of adipose tissue in the body and in the liver. In addition, they have less body water than men, and a completely different hormonal background. As a result, women get drunk faster, feel more pleasure from this condition, and stay in it longer than men.

It is considered to be that women quickly drink themselves and are more difficult to treat even because of a weak psyche - they say, they have no willpower. This opinion is wrong. All people with a reactive type of psyche, regardless of gender, are inclined to form addiction (and, any - even alcoholic, even playful).

A reactive person is inclined to forgive himself for failures, to feel sorry for himself and in every situation look for an excuse. At first he says: “I didn’t do my homework because there was no light,” and then: “I drink because my dad is an alcoholic.”

The opposite type of personality - proactive - is characterized by the ability to recognize one’s wrong, adequately perceive criticism, and most importantly, change for the better, seek solutions, and improve. The truth is that all people are reactive in nature to one degree or another, and they are not born proactive, but become with great desire.

We decided on the physiological predisposition: the peculiarities of the functioning of the liver do not make a person an alcoholic, but only accelerate addiction with regular abuse of alcohol. And what about psychological predisposition? Do you believe that a dangerous character trait is inherited? But what about the numerous examples of children of alcoholics who were brought up in a different environment and who succeeded in life?

Modern psychologists believe that personality is shaped primarily by the environment, and not by genetic baggage. And it is also saved by the environment - sincere faith in a person and in time the outstretched helping hand is able to pull out even those who have already been there for a long time.

Three steps into the abyss

Alcoholism, like any chronic disease, has stages of development - these are:

Stage I - a person begins to experience the pleasure of being intoxicated. Ethyl alcohol serves him as a fast source of energy and a means of complexing. After several glasses of alcohol, the activity of the cerebral cortex is inhibited, and the subcortical layers, on the contrary, are activated. As a result, a person begins to feel relaxed, sociable, fun and sexually attractive. But then excitement gives way to drowsiness and sadness, and in order to get rid of it and return the feeling of euphoria, the person drinks again. An overdose of alcohol causes poisoning and a severe hangover, but the more and longer a person drinks, the weaker the rejection reaction. By the end of the first stage, the psychological dependence on alcohol is already fully formed;

Stage II - physiological is added to psychological dependence. When he wakes up in the morning, the alcoholic feels "uncomfortable": his head is splitting, his hands are shaking, his body is weak, he is in a foul mood, and he does not want to do anything. This state is akin to drug breaking, and in order to clean up, a person is forced to take a new dose of “drug”. As soon as alcohol enters the bloodstream, instant relief comes, the brain is activated, apathy disappears, the mood rises. But after only a few hours, the alcoholic rolls back to a state of withdrawal. By the end of the second stage of the disease, a vicious circle is formed from many days of drinking bouts, from which the patient breaks out less and less;

Stage III - the final addiction to alcohol occurs, and the reaction of the protest from the body is completely lost. Even a meager dose of ethanol quickly causes a state of intoxication, which just as quickly passes and is replaced by thirst without any hangover. Regular alcohol abuse destroys the body: instead of digestion, rotting occurs, the liver and kidneys do not cope with the removal of harmful substances, brain cells rapidly die. In the third stage alcoholic constantly loose stools, most of the day he sleeps, there are lapses in memory. Without treatment, alcoholism leads to the development, and, and severe mental disorders - delirium tremens (delirium tremens),.

Drugs for the treatment of alcoholism

To treat alcoholism should be a qualified specialist - a narcologist. Self-prescription and administration of drugs for alcoholism never ends with success, and no matter how good and effective the drug is. Treatment of alcohol dependence and the removal of physiological symptoms are completely different things. Eliminating the consequences without eliminating the cause is meaningless, which is why the path to recovery does not begin with pills, but with psychological help.

Nevertheless, there are drugs that help overcome the physiological dependence on alcohol, and, together with psychotherapy, they accelerate the return of the alcoholic to normal life. But a doctor should prescribe such drugs - let us emphasize this once again.

Alcohol Disgust Pills

This group of drugs include substances that inhibit the synthesis of the enzyme acetaldehyde and, thus, do not allow the body to get rid of acetaldehyde, a toxic product of the breakdown of ethyl alcohol. If, against the background of the regular taking of such a substance or “stitching” it under the skin, a person takes alcohol, he will feel the symptoms of severe alcohol poisoning (nausea, weakness, fear of death), without even getting drunk.

Disulfiram

Trade names: Tetlong-250 Esperal, Teturam, Lidevin, Abstinil, Antabuse, anticol, Krotenal, Antietil, Nokzal, Antetan, Radoter, Aspen, Kontrapot, Aversan, Stoptil, Refuzal, Alkofobin, Dizetil, Ekzoran, Alkofobin.

Price rangeA: 70-900 rubles, depending on the form, packaging and dosage.

: inhibits acetaldehyde synthesis and causes a clinical picture of acute alcohol poisoning. Quickly absorbed from the digestive tract, excreted by the kidneys. Disulfiram dosage is selected individually after careful examination by a narcologist. The drug should accumulate in the patient's body gradually, so it is either taken every day, increasing the dosage, or sewn into the shoulder or buttocks.

Tsiaminad

Trade names: Colme

Price range: 1300-1500 rubles

Pharmacological action and use: Colme acts just like disulfiram. Sold in packs containing 4 bottles with drops. Appointed by 12-25 drops in the morning and evening. Each drop of the drug contains about 3 mg of cyamine.

Contraindications: pulmonary, renal, hepatic and heart failure; pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Side effects: while alcohol does not enter the body, side effects rarely disturb the patient (drowsiness, weakness, moderate leukocytosis), but in case of breakdown there is severe nausea, decreased blood pressure, increased heart rate, difficulty in breathing, double vision, convulsions, syncope and collapse.

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Tablets that reduce craving for alcohol

Drugs of this group act more gently, are made from herbal raw materials and belong to homeopathic remedies, therefore the degree of their effectiveness is very variable, and is determined individually in the course of treatment.

Proproten 100

These are homeopathic tablets for sublingual resorption or drops, which contain human antibodies to a brain-specific protein.

Price range: 100-300 rubles

Pharmacological action and use: Proproten 100 improves the general well-being of the patient with alcoholism, suppresses the effect of breaking in the absence of alcohol, and alleviates the severity of the hangover syndrome. In the first 2 hours after waking up, take 1 tablet every 30 minutes, and then all day, one tablet every hour. To prevent binge, Proproten 100 is taken three times a day for 3–4 days after ingestion of alcohol. For prophylactic purposes, the drug is prescribed 1-2 tablets daily in the morning and evening for 3-6 months. Proproten 100 drops are taken in the same way, the dosage is 10 drops per dose, one hour before meals or 2 hours after.

Contraindications: period of pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Side effects: very rarely - blurred vision and local allergic reactions.

Hangover Pills

Drugs against withdrawal symptoms do not cure alcoholism, but only help to cope with poor health after heavy drinks: relieve headache and nausea, remove hand tremors and heart palpitations. As a rule, they contain acids that are aggressive towards the mucous membrane of the gastrointestinal organs, so these tablets can not be taken often. Of course, it is better to stop drinking.

Also note that all products in this group consist of the simplest, penny ingredients — soda, acetylsalicylic, citric, and other acids — and are sold for a lot of money. A regular glass of mineral water with a slice of lemon and an aspirin pill will affect you the same way.

Alka-Seltzer

Analogs: Zorex Morning

Price range: 190-250 rubles

Pharmacological action and use: These drugs consist of aspirin, relieves headaches, as well as sodium bicarbonate and citric acid, which eliminate nausea. Sold in the form of effervescent tablets. In the morning, before meals, it is recommended to drink a glass of water with one or two dissolved tablets, and in a day you can drink no more than nine tablets with an interval between doses of at least four hours.

Contraindications: gastric ulcer, bronchial asthma, hemorrhagic, acute renal and hepatic failure, pregnancy and.

Side effects: difficulty breathing skin rashes, nausea, epigastric pain.

Alka-prim

Analogs: Alko-nar, Alco-buffer, Alko-stop, Alcohol-detox.

Price range: 70-200 rubles.

Pharmacological action and use: The composition of these drugs differs from the previous one only in that instead of citric acid and sodium bicarbonate, glycine is added to them, which not only eliminates nausea, but also soothes the nervous system, and the same aspirin is used to relieve headache. The order of administration and the maximum dosage is the same. If the drug is not taken from a hangover, but simply from the headache, or, then you need to take into account that you can not drink it for more than one week in a row.

Contraindications: the same as Alka-Seltzer.

Side effects: Heartburn, nausea, allergic, bleeding and abdominal pain, impaired stool and appetite.

Metadoxyl

Price range: 800-1000 rubles

Pharmacological action and use: The product contains a complex of vitamins of group B to accelerate the oxidation of acetaldehyde and medichronal to neutralize its destructive effect on the liver and the body as a whole. It is prescribed for chronic alcoholism and liver failure (1 tablet twice a day for 1-3 months) and for acute withdrawal syndrome. But to take off severe hangover, there are not enough tablets, usually for this patient they put under a drip with metadoxil for 2-3 hours.

Contraindications:, idiosyncrasy, pregnancy, lactation.

Side effects: respiratory arrest (very rarely, in asthmatics), local allergic reactions.

Limontar

Price range: 80-100 rubles

Pharmacological action and use: The preparation consists of citric and succinic acids, which accelerate the oxidation of toxic acetaldehyde to acetic acid. In addition, limontar relieves nausea, speeds up the metabolism and facilitates cellular respiration. It is taken for the prevention of intoxication, relieving the symptoms of a hangover, eliminating the phenomenon of fetal hypoxia during miscarriage, as well as a "test breakfast" when examining the stomach.

One tablet limontara dissolved in a glass of a weak soda solution or water just before taking alcohol to prevent a hangover. If intoxication or hangover has already arrived, take one tablet every two to three hours, and in the case of binge, continue treatment for up to ten days in a row, and, preferably, in combination with other drugs, since limontar does not have a pronounced therapeutic effect on drunken alcoholics.

Contraindications: glaucoma, gastric ulcer, hypertension, ischemic heart disease, late gestosis, individual intolerance.

Side effects:, brief pain in the stomach.

Zorex

Price range: 180-600 rubles, depending on the dosage and packaging.

Pharmacological action and use: the preparation contains unithiol, calcium pantothenate and sodium dimercaptopropanesulfonate. These substances bind acetaldehyde and excrete it in the urine, thereby playing the role of the hepatic enzyme acetaldehyde, which the alcoholic patient lacks in the body. Zorex can be used as a detoxicator not only for hangover, but also for heavy metal poisoning. Standard dosage - one capsule, not cleverly, twice a day. In cases of hard drinking and chronic alcoholism, treatment can continue for up to ten days in a row.

Contraindications: acute renal failure, pregnancy, lactation.

Side effects: local; very rarely, with an overdose, nausea, palpitations, and pallor.

Alcohol Neutralizing Tablets

This group includes substances that reduce the destructive effect of ethyl alcohol on the body and hinder the development of pathologies. internal organs  against the background of regular abuse of alcohol. They do not cure alcoholism in any way, but only prolong the time during which a person can resist alcohol and avoid catastrophic health consequences.

Vitamins of group B

It is these vitamins that the alcoholic begins to sorely lack, and the deficit, in turn, leads to the destruction of nerve fibers and brain cells, numbness and running of the goosebumps on the skin, and in the final stage of the disease - to delirium and hallucinations. Therefore, it is vital for a long-term drinker to provide vitamins of group B. For this purpose, thiamine is used in ampoules, neuromulvitic preparations (contains vitamins B1, B6 and B12) and litonit (contains nicotinic acid lithium salt).

Crystal solutions for infusions

With the help of a drip injection of a glucose solution or hemodez, it is possible to significantly accelerate the neutralization of acetaldehyde, increase blood circulation, saturate the blood with oxygen and relieve headache during withdrawal syndrome. Therefore, the removal from heavy drinking bouts is best done in a hospital where the patient can be provided with prompt and qualified assistance, as well as minimize the harm from large doses of alcohol.

Enterosorbents

Such drugs as Polysorb, Rektsien-RD (contains), Filtrum-STI, white coal help to cope with alcohol intoxication and excrete toxic decomposition products of ethanol from the body, so it is useful to use them during acute withdrawal syndrome, as well as with preventive, wellness the purpose.

Tablets for the treatment of alcoholic mental disorders

These drugs are taken only on prescription and, for the most part, are not dispensed from pharmacies without a prescription:

Anticonvulsant  - topiramate, carbamazepine, lamotrigine, valproic acid;

Sleeping pills (barbiturates) - phenobarbital, phenazepam;

Neuroleptic amylsulpiride);

Antidepressants  - Novopassit, afobazole;

Tranquilizers  - diazepam, imovan, buspirone, midazolam, alprozolam, meprobomat, hydroxyzine, benactisin;

The mood stabilizers are lithium carbonate and hydroxybutyrate.

Tablets for the treatment of alcoholism without the knowledge of the patient

When a sick person denies his dependence, or consciously does not want to be treated for alcoholism, relatives or spouses often decide on an extreme step - to deceive an alcoholic and cure him forcibly, without the knowledge and consent. This idea even at first glance seems doubtful, and in practice it almost always turns out to be a failure. As long as the person himself is not aware of his problem and does not want to solve it, no pills will help, and it does not matter if they are drunk on their own or slipped secretly.

However, in desperate situations, relatives and spouses of alcoholics still try to use the following drugs:

Blocker and Barrier  - biologically active food supplements containing a complex of vitamins of group B, micro- and macroelements, as well as glycine. Of course, they can support a depleted body of alcohol, but they can cure you of dependence - do you believe in it ?;

Colm drops - we have already mentioned these drops, they are secretly added to the patient’s food and drink, so that after taking alcohol he feels ill;

Disulfiram - like the previous drug, described by us above, and has the same effect - causes nausea, hand tremors, sweating and the fear of death after the very first glasses of alcohol.

Firstly, by poisoning the food of the patient with substances that suppress the synthesis of the liver enzyme responsible for the breakdown of acetaldehyde, it is possible to simply not calculate the dosage and provoke the most severe poisoning, even death. And secondly, a person who drinks, not knowing that he was given such a medicine, may not associate his bad state of health with alcohol. He will drink more. Or decide that the vodka is fallen, and buy another. In this case, the result will certainly be disastrous, regardless of the dosage.

Even if an alcoholic sees the relationship between drinking and feeling unwell, and gives up alcohol, consider whether he will recover from addiction? Of course not - he will simply become angry and unhappy, and, for a while, just until the moment you stop slipping his medicine. Therefore, the treatment of alcoholism should be conscious and voluntary, only then there is a chance of success.

Article author: German Oleg Leonidovich, narcologist, specifically for the site of the site

For the treatment of alcoholism need drugs that effectively relieve dependence. Alcohol dependence is one of the most insidious and serious pathologies of our world; not only men, but also women and even teenagers suffer from it. Every alcoholic, deep down, wants to get rid of this disease, and his relatives are trying to help him in this. There are many different ways to remove alcohol dependence, and one of the most proven and effective are drugs that reduce desire. If you resort to a complex method, the treatment will give a good effect for many years.

All drugs for relieving symptoms of addiction are divided into several groups:

1. Drugs aimed at rejecting alcohol by a person are repulsive.
2. Medicines that remove the effect of ethanol on the body.
3. Medicinesthat reduce a person's desire to drink alcohol.
4. Means used in the removal of signs of withdrawal symptoms.
5. Drugs that affect the effects of alcohol, and, namely, aimed at restoring the central nervous system.

In order to achieve positive results, it is necessary to add treatment with a psychotherapist to a medication course. It is important to consider that self-treatment can not only aggravate your situation, but also be fatal, since all individual peculiarities and side effects  medication.

To date, the level of medicine is quite developed and therefore doctors offer a large list of various medicines that will help a person stop loving alcoholic beverages.

Esperal

The main purpose of the drug:

• With a long course, a person has the emetic urge to perceive any drink;
• It is aimed at the psychological perception of ethanol by a person, completely changes the opinion about alcoholic beverages;
• The main effect: a person stops to enjoy alcohol, and since he does not like him anymore, he calmly refuses to drink, without various painful symptoms.

Lidevin

The drug, which combines not only the active substance, but also vitamins B, is aimed at restoring the body.

Disulfiram

A tool that stimulates the release of acetaldehyde, which is the strongest toxin. After taking disulfirama, the person reacts negatively to alcoholic beverages.

Main manifestations:

• The strongest gag reflex;
• Painful vomiting;
• Fear for their lives, fear of death;
• Breathe heavily;
• Redness of the skin.

  Colme

A solution that causes total reluctance to alcohol. It has no toxic effect, which is why it can drink a long course.

Tetlong-250

The drug is administered intramuscularly. The main component of disulfiram, the only thing, it is slowly absorbed.

Medications that reduce the pharmacologic effects of ethanol on humans.

Zorex

Aims to stop the process of poisoning the body with alcohol and poisons.

Biotredin

Its impact boils down to such moments:

• Increases mental activity;
• Affects cell metabolism,
• Relieves stress stress caused by alcohol;
• Therapeutic Impact.

Glycine

Universal medicine that helps eliminate toxins and has an antioxidant effect:

• Weakens the effects of toxins on the central nervous system;
• Prevents insomnia;
• Reduces the effect of alcohol on a person.

Drugs that reduce craving for alcohol

Such drugs are very popular in America, but officially there are not so many of them in Russia.

Vivitrol

Affects the human brain, is transmitted by blood and extinguishes the alcoholic euphoria. Due to a long course, a person's desire for alcohol decreases.

Balansin

Impact on the human body:

• Stabilizes the functioning of the brain;
• Relieves the symptoms of depression;
• It produces adrenaline and endorphin.

Torpedo

The most controversial drug, it has zero compatibility with alcohol. It is injected into a vein, but only with the written consent of the patient.

As a result of treatment, there is a complete rejection of alcohol, and if a person drinks even a glass, this can lead to severe side effects:

• Impotence and sexual dysfunction develops;
• Diagnose diseases of the heart and blood vessels;
• Bleeding in the brain;
• The worst consequence is death.

This is not a complete list of the consequences of treatment, so it is very important to monitor the doctor and the further observation of a narcologist.

Proproten-100

The most unique and universal homeopathic medicine that does not have negative consequences.

Used when:

• It is used for healing a person in a drunken state;
• Relieves signs of stress, anxiety and irritation;
• Normalizes the physical characteristics of a person after a long alcohol addiction.

All these features and positive aspects do not include Proproten-100 among the leaders of drugs that will help get rid of alcohol dependence. He is not even in the top 10 of American quality standards.

Means for removing withdrawal symptoms and the effects of alcohol

Drugs in this category are aimed at stabilizing the state of a person who suffers from drunken conditions. The most effective of them:

Metadoxyl

It contains a substance that is directly involved in various biochemical reactions in the human body:

• It is able to improve the process of disintegration of ethyl alcohol and accelerates its release from the blood and organs of the body;
• Due to the speed of penetration into the blood and tissues, it eliminates the effects of alcohol and restores the problems created by drinks;
• Restores and cleanses the liver tissue, normalizes its functioning and stops the dying off of hepatocytes;
• Unique compatibility with all drugs for the treatment of alcohol dependence.

Medihronal

One of the easiest means that soothes the central nervous system and destroys derived products from the decay of ethanol.

Carbamazepine

An agent that has excellent compatibility with alcohol, i.e. its concentration in the blood does not interfere with the action of active substances.

The main properties of the remedy:

• It is used in the treatment of the first stages of alcohol dependence;
• The person who takes this drug will not get used to it, it does not cause such an effect, but at the same time, there is no feeling of euphoria after treatment.

Alcohol addiction can lead to various mental disorders that psychotherapy and medications can cure:

1. Haloperidol is used if a person has delirium and hallucinations. Probably, delirium tremens and excitation of the psychomotor type appear.
2. Tsipramin- refers to the group of antidepressants, and is able to eliminate the feeling of anxiety, eliminates insomnia and dulls the desire to drink beverages.

Means of this group have zero compatibility with alcohol. Use the drug only when you understand the importance of the treatment of alcohol dependence and can resist the temptation.