Alcohol and alcoholism : international journal of the Medical Council on Alcoholism
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Alcohol withdrawal syndrome: symptom-triggered versus fixed-schedule treatment in an outpatient setting.
To investigate whether, in the treatment with chlordiazepoxide for outpatient alcohol withdrawal, there are advantages of symptom-triggered self-medication over a fixed-schedule regimen. ⋯ Symptom-triggered self-medication was as safe as fixed-schedule medication in treating outpatients with AD and mild to moderate symptoms of AWS. The SAWS is a powerful monitoring tool, because it is brief and permits the subject to log the withdrawal symptoms.