Baclofen for alcohol withdrawal.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Baclofen shows potential for rapidly reducing symptoms of severe alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) in people with alcoholism. Treatment with baclofen is easy to manage and rarely produces euphoria or other pleasant effects, or craving for the drug. This is an updated version of the original Cochrane Review published in 2015, Issue 4.

Objectives

To assess the efficacy and safety of baclofen for people with AWS.

Search methods

We updated our searches of the following databases to March 2017: the Cochrane Drugs and Alcohol Group Specialised Register, CENTRAL, PubMed, Embase, and CINAHL. We also searched registers of ongoing trials. We handsearched the references quoted in the identified trials, and sought information from researchers, pharmaceutical companies,

SUBMITTER: Liu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6483686 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature