Koethe, Dagmar and Juelicher, Antje and Nolden, Brit M. and Braunwarth, Wolf-Dietrich and Klosterkoetter, Joachim and Niklewski, Guenter and Wodarz, Norbert and Klatt, Jan and Burtscheidt, Wilhelm and Gaebel, Wolfgang and Leweke, F. Markus (2007) Oxcarbazepine - Efficacy and tolerability during treatment of alcohol withdrawal: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled multicenter pilot study. ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH, 31 (7). pp. 1188-1194. ISSN 0145-6008,
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Objective: Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) is a serious complication of alcohol dependence and often requires intensive medical treatment. Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) have been shown to be as efficacious in the treatment of AWS in several controlled trials as benzodiazepines and superior to placebo in relieving alcohol withdrawal symptoms. Oxcarbazepine (OXC), a newer anticonvulsive drug, has a favorable safety profile over carbamazepine (CBZ) and other older AEDs due to its excellent efficacy and better side-effect profile. Methods: The efficacy and tolerability of OXC versus placebo were investigated in 50 inpatients during a 6-day treatment of alcohol withdrawal in a 4-site, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled pilot study. The amount of rescue medication of clomethiazole (CLO) capsules needed was chosen as the primary variable. The data were collected between May 2003 and September 2004. Results: No initial differences were found regarding sociodemographic data and alcohol-related parameters, indicating successful randomization. No differences were found in the need for rescue medication CLO, decrease of withdrawal symptoms, or craving for alcohol between the OXC and the placebo group. Subjectively experienced side effects, normalization of vegetative parameters, craving, or improvement of psychopathological parameters were not different between the groups. Conclusion: Despite the negative finding, which may be attributable to the design of the study, OXC still poses an interesting alternative to CBZ and other drugs because other studies have found it not only as efficient but also as having no addictive potential, while additionally possessing an anti-craving effect. Therefore, well-designed investigations with larger cohorts are required to further elucidate this issue.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | MEMORY PERFORMANCE; DEPENDENT PATIENTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; DETOXIFICATION; TRIAL; PREVENTION; GABAPENTIN; MANAGEMENT; UPDATE; MODEL; alcohol withdrawal; oxcarbazepine; clomethiazol; double-blind; randomized; controlled trial; addiction |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Dec 2020 09:22 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Dec 2020 09:22 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/32511 |
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