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- Title
The Treatment of Alcoholism with Vitamin B<sub>3</sub>.
- Authors
Prousky, Jonathan E.
- Abstract
The consequences of excessive and prolonged use of alcohol leads to mild-to-severe forms of pellagra (i.e., some combination of diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia, and possibly death). The author describes the work of many notable individuals who reported on the clinical effectiveness of vitamin Bj treatment for compulsive drinking behaviour, alcohol withdrawal delirium, and for improving sobriety. There is definitely a significant therapeutic role that vitamin B3 could play (mostly, niacin) if it was part of the mainstream approach to treating alcoholism and its related complications.
- Subjects
ALCOHOLISM treatment; NICOTINAMIDE; PELLAGRA; COMPLICATIONS of alcoholism; ALCOHOL withdrawal delirium; NUTRITION; ALCOHOL drinking &; health; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, 2014, Vol 29, Issue 3, p123
- ISSN
0834-4825
- Publication type
Article