What use has chlordiazepoxide in alcoholism?
Chlordazepoxide is usually the first choice benzodiazepine to be used in alcohol detoxification. Alcohol detoxification is treated with sedative medication, such as chlordiazepoxide, as well as a number of other medications. The chlordiazepoxide is typically reduced over a number of days as the alcohol withdrawal symptoms slowly resolve. Chlordiazepoxide is usually considered preferable to other benzodiazepines in this context as it has a long duration of action and has less addictive potential than medicines such as diazepam. This is not to say that chlordiazepoxide has no addictive potential, and its use must be restricted to prescription for no longer than several weeks if dependency to chlordiazepoxide is to be avoided.
