Disulfiram-alcohol reaction in 49 year old patient

Alcoholism is a disease in which person lose control over the amount of consumed alcohol. The problem of alcohol abuse in Poland concerns about 9% of the population. One of the treatment methods is disulfiram therapy, which is associated with the risk of disulfiram-alcohol reaction. Due to many nega...

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Main Authors: Krystian Lech Ciechański, Jędrzej Tkaczyk, Klaudia Brożyna, Aleksandra Kędziora, Katarzyna Baltaziak, Michał Tchórz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kazimierz Wielki University 2018-09-01
Series:Journal of Education, Health and Sport
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Online Access:https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/26512
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author Krystian Lech Ciechański
Jędrzej Tkaczyk
Klaudia Brożyna
Aleksandra Kędziora
Katarzyna Baltaziak
Michał Tchórz
author_facet Krystian Lech Ciechański
Jędrzej Tkaczyk
Klaudia Brożyna
Aleksandra Kędziora
Katarzyna Baltaziak
Michał Tchórz
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description Alcoholism is a disease in which person lose control over the amount of consumed alcohol. The problem of alcohol abuse in Poland concerns about 9% of the population. One of the treatment methods is disulfiram therapy, which is associated with the risk of disulfiram-alcohol reaction. Due to many negative reports of side effects and questionable efficacy, this drug is nowadays rare used. We present a case of a patient who had a disulfiram reaction due to alcohol consumption during disulfiram therapy.
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spelling doaj.art-c1c001e4411f4de2bb00fcfa4308aeb12022-12-22T00:20:05ZengKazimierz Wielki UniversityJournal of Education, Health and Sport2391-83062018-09-0189Disulfiram-alcohol reaction in 49 year old patientKrystian Lech Ciechański0Jędrzej Tkaczyk1Klaudia Brożyna2Aleksandra Kędziora3Katarzyna Baltaziak4Michał Tchórz5Student’s Research Group at the Department of Toxicology, Medical University of LublinStudent’s Research Group at the Department of Toxicology, Medical University of LublinStudent’s Research Group at the Department of Toxicology, Medical University of LublinStudent’s Research Group at Chair and Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Research Methodology, Medical University of LublinMedical University of LublinDepartment of Toxicology, Medical University of LublinAlcoholism is a disease in which person lose control over the amount of consumed alcohol. The problem of alcohol abuse in Poland concerns about 9% of the population. One of the treatment methods is disulfiram therapy, which is associated with the risk of disulfiram-alcohol reaction. Due to many negative reports of side effects and questionable efficacy, this drug is nowadays rare used. We present a case of a patient who had a disulfiram reaction due to alcohol consumption during disulfiram therapy.https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/26512alcoholismdisulfiramDER
spellingShingle Krystian Lech Ciechański
Jędrzej Tkaczyk
Klaudia Brożyna
Aleksandra Kędziora
Katarzyna Baltaziak
Michał Tchórz
Disulfiram-alcohol reaction in 49 year old patient
Journal of Education, Health and Sport
alcoholism
disulfiram
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title Disulfiram-alcohol reaction in 49 year old patient
title_full Disulfiram-alcohol reaction in 49 year old patient
title_fullStr Disulfiram-alcohol reaction in 49 year old patient
title_full_unstemmed Disulfiram-alcohol reaction in 49 year old patient
title_short Disulfiram-alcohol reaction in 49 year old patient
title_sort disulfiram alcohol reaction in 49 year old patient
topic alcoholism
disulfiram
DER
url https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/26512
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