One patient’s story…

I am here for the third time again drunk, and such an equal, which was not. Hallucinations have appeared, he is irritable, imaginative to the limit and, you could say, does not have a normal rest – sleep in a half-sleep, and this bird!
I asked him to go back on treatment because to get Antabuse makes it very effective. The author of the letter quoted here raises a pertinent question.
Indeed, some people suffering from alcoholism sometimes refuse treatment, arguing that the drugs used are harmful.
Antabuse, an effective drug widely used in our country and abroad, is of particular concern to them.

The author of the letter quoted here raises a pertinent question.
Indeed, some people suffering from alcoholism sometimes refuse treatment, arguing that the drugs used are harmful.
Antabuse, an effective drug widely used in our country and abroad, is of particular concern to them.

Are these concerns justified?

Are they grounds for refusing to treat alcoholism?

Alcoholism should certainly be treated. There are many problems associated with it, both mental and physical.
And the earlier it is done, the less are the consequences. And then it comes to the point that you even have to look for a quick way to increase potency by 100%!
As for the therapeutic effect of Antabuse, this drug greatly increases the body’s sensitivity to alcohol. Consumption of alcoholic beverages causes severe and difficult to tolerate reactions in those treated with Antabus (drop in blood pressure, feeling of suffocation); the body creates intolerance to alcohol.
I emphasize once again that these reactions occur only after drinking alcohol. If the main course of treatment is carried out to the end (and it lasts about 40 days) and then systematically carried out so-called “supportive treatment” (in the dispensary or polyclinic without taking time off work), but its results are good.
According to the letter, the author’s husband did not undergo such “maintenance treatment”, which helps to create the necessary concentration of Antabuse depot in the body.
Antabuse, like any other drug, has not only indications, but also contraindications. There is a certain range of diseases for which it is not prescribed. Therefore, before recommending Antabuse, the doctor thoroughly examines the patient. And if he repeatedly prescribes this drug, it means that the patient has nothing to fear.