Modern approaches in the treatment of chronic alcoholism

Abstract

The article presents an analysis of information from literary sources devoted to the study of modern approaches in the treatment of chronic alcoholism. Chronic alcohol intoxication is characterized by a high degree of complications from the cardiovascular and nervous systems, as well as the liver and gastrointestinal tract. In this case, drugs are used mainly to relieve withdrawal symptoms. It is for the relief of withdrawal symptoms that pharmacotherapy is most often used. Since alcoholism causes psychiatric disorders that are extremely varied in their clinical manifestations and severity, a wide range of psychotropic drugs is used to treat them. In addition to this group, energy-correcting agents are also used for antihypoxic and detoxifying therapy. An indication for the use of drugs from the class of antioxidants, combining the properties of tranquilizers and nootropics, without exerting a toxic effect on the heart and protecting the myocardium under conditions of hypoxia, is alcohol withdrawal syndrome with a predominance of neurosis-like and vegetative-vascular disorders. However, at the moment there is a lack of information about the effectiveness of their use in alcohol withdrawal