24 Treatments  for Alcohol Abuse

9 Tests 6 Medical Procedures 7 Prescribed Medications 1 Over the Counter Medications

1 Self Care

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Tests for Alcohol Abuse

1. CAGE Questionnaire for Alcoholism Screening Ethyl alcohol, or ethanol, is the most commonly used drug in the world. Pharmacologically, alcohol is classified as a central nervous system depressant. Like other ...  More

2. Blood Alcohol Test Costs

3. Liver Function Tests Common tests that are used to evaluate liver function include: Albumin; Alpha-1 antitrypsin; ALP; ALT; AST; Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT; Prothrombin tim...  More Costs

4. History and Physical Exam During a physical examination, a health care provider studies a patient's body to determine the presence or absence of physical problems. A typical physical ex...  More Costs

5. Gamma Glutamyl Transferase(GGT) Blood Test Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) is a test to measure the amount of the enzyme GGT in the blood.  More Costs

6. Complete Blood Count (CBC) Test A complete blood count (CBC) test measures the following: The number of red blood cells (RBCs; The number of white blood cells (WBCs; The total amount of hemog...  More Costs

7. Lipid Panel Lipid tests routinely performed on plasma include measurement of total cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, and low-density lipop...  More Costs

8. Total Protein Level Test The total protein test is a rough measure of all the proteins found in the fluid portion of your blood. Specifically it looks at the total amount of two classes of ...  More

9. Toxicology Screening Test A toxicology screen refers to various tests to determine the type and approximate amount of legal and illegal drugs a person has taken.  More

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Medical Procedures for Alcohol Abuse

1. Alcohol Rehabilitation and Detoxification

2. Group Psychotherapy Group therapy is a form of psychosocial treatment where a small group of patients meet regularly to talk, interact, and discuss problems with each other and the gro...  More Costs

3. Individual Psychotherapy The treatment of mental or emotional disorders and adjustment problems through the use of psychological techniques rather than through physical or biological means.  More Costs

4. Counseling Counseling in the public health setting can be a challenging, frustrating, and rewarding process: challenging because it requires the use of skills such as ass...  More

5. Substance Abuse Counseling Substance abuse is a maladaptive pattern of alcohol or other drug use that causes social, physical, legal, vocational, or educational distress or impairment. In add...  More

6. Psychotherapy Psychotherapy can be defined as a means of treating psychological or emotional problems such as neurosis or personality disorder through verbal and nonverbal commun...  More Costs

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Prescribed Medications for Alcohol Abuse

1. naltrexone injection(Vivitrol ) Essentially a pure opiate antagonist.  More

2. acamprosate(Campral ) ACAMPROSATE (a KAM pro sate) helps you to abstain from alcohol as part of a support program. It does not help with alcohol withdrawal.  More

3. clorazepate(Tranxene SD , Tranxene T-Tab) CLORAZEPATE (klor AZ e pate) is a benzodiazepine. It is used to treat anxiety. It also used to treat alcohol withdrawal and certain types of seizures.  More

4. disulfiram(Antabuse ) DISULFIRAM (dye SUL fi ram) can help patients with an alcohol abuse problem not to drink alcohol. When taken with alcohol, this medicine produces unpleasant effects...  More

5. lorazepam(Ativan ) This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.  More

6. naltrexone(ReVia ) NALTREXONE (nal TREX one) helps you to remain free of your dependence on opiate drugs or alcohol. It blocks the 'high' that these substances can give you....  More

7. thiamine THIAMINE (THAHY uh min) is a vitamin B1. It is added to a healthy diet to prevent or to treat low vitamin B1 levels.  More

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Over the Counter Medications for Alcohol Abuse

1. thiamine THIAMINE (THAHY uh min) is a vitamin B1. It is added to a healthy diet to prevent or to treat low vitamin B1 levels.  More

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Self Care for Alcohol Abuse

1. Support Groups Support groups are an informal resource that attempts to provide healing components to a variety of problems and challenges. An informal support outside of family, ...  More

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