Quetiapine decreases alcohol consumption, craving, and psychiatric symptoms in dually diagnosed alcoholics

Human Psychopharmacology
G MartinottiL Janiri

Abstract

Patients with dual diagnosis are often excluded from clinical trials although more than half of all individuals with Bipolar Disorder have a substance abuse problem at some point in their lifetime, representing a high-risk clinical population. The purpose of this study was to investigate the safety and efficacy of quetiapine in the treatment of alcohol dependence comorbid with disorders characterized by high levels of mood and behavioral instability. Twenty-eight subjects, after a detoxification period, were orally treated with flexible doses of quetiapine for 16 weeks. At each assessment patients were evaluated through the Obsessive Compulsive Drinking Scale (OCDS), the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for craving, the Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol (CIWA-Ar), the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS), the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS), and the Clinical Global Impression (CGI) scale. Forty-three percent of patients remained totally alcohol free, 32% patients relapsed, with an average of 15.4 drinking days in the period of the study (112 days) and 25% dropped-out. Significant reductions from baseline to exit were observed in the OCDS, VAS, BPRS, HDRS, and number of...Continue Reading

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