Drug therapy for alcohol dependence in primary care in the UK: A Clinical Practice Research Datalink study.
Andrew ThompsonDarren M AshcroftLynn OwensTjeerd P van StaaMunir PirmohamedPublished in: PloS one (2017)
Drug therapy to promote abstinence in alcohol dependent patients was low, with the majority of patients receiving no therapy, either psychological or pharmacological. When drug therapy was prescribed, persistence was low with most patients receiving only one prescription. Our data show that treatment for alcohol dependence is haphazard, and there is an urgent need to explore strategies for improving clinical management of this patient group.
Keyphrases
- primary care
- clinical practice
- end stage renal disease
- chronic kidney disease
- alcohol consumption
- ejection fraction
- case report
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- emergency department
- drug induced
- cross sectional
- electronic health record
- smoking cessation
- big data
- physical activity
- replacement therapy
- patient reported outcomes
- patient reported