Posted by Phillipa on April 8, 2011, at 11:30:52
In reply to Re: my alcoholic son, posted by henryo on April 8, 2011, at 7:50:40
Henryo I feel you may have misunderstood my first message. I was Just mentioning that some alchoholics are deemed good candidates for campral, lithium, some for ad's as assumed the above was being or soon would be treated by a bona fide doctor or pdoc. The patients I cared for were all in a 30 day inpt program at the time. Groups all day. Supplemented with meds if that is what their doc recommended. Prescription only. Someone very close to me is an alchoholic dry for over 15 years and only attended AA when inpatient. It's a great program. Some do very well and some seem not to. But I feel the important message for above poster is to seek psychiatric help first. Then the doctor will work with patient to devise a recovery plan. Some are detoxed first with high doses of benzos to avoid seizures and weaned quickly off of them. Phillipa
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