Salivary cortisol measurements during a medically assisted alcohol withdrawal

Addiction Biology
Paul A. KeedwellStuart A. Checkley

Abstract

Previous studies using plasma cortisol estimations have suggested that hypothalmo-pituitary-axis (HPA) activation occurs in alcohol-dependent patients during alcohol withdrawal. The present study set out to confirm this finding using salivary cortisol assays, which are a better indicator of plasma free cortisol, the fraction which exerts its physiological effects. Nine alcohol dependent patients provided four saliva samples (at 10 a.m., 2 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.) on days 1, 3 and 7 of a medically assisted alcohol withdrawal (corresponding to 1, 3 and 7 days following the last drink, respectively).Withdrawal symptom severity, craving and mood disturbance were also measured. A group of non-alcohol-dependent individuals, without psychiatric or medical disorder, gave four samples at the same times on one day only. Mean daily cortisol levels in our alcohol-dependent population, as calculated by the area under the curve (AUC), decreased significantly over time (mean AUC (nmol/l/hour) on day 1 = 149, on day 7 = 85.7, p = 0.009) and were significantly higher than controls on each day (mean AUC in controls = 28.3, p = 0.001). The cortisol response showed a similar temporal trend to withdrawal symptom severity and mood disturbance. This...Continue Reading

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