Management of alcohol use disorder in patients with cirrhosis in the setting of liver transplantation

JP Arab, M Izzy, L Leggio, R Bataller… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The prevalence of alcohol use disorder (AUD) has been steadily increasing over the past
decade. In parallel, alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) has been increasing at an …

Prevention, screening, and treatment for heavy drinking and alcohol use disorder

J Knox, DS Hasin, FRR Larson, HR Kranzler - The Lancet Psychiatry, 2019 - thelancet.com
Heavy drinking and alcohol use disorder are major public health problems. Practitioners not
specialising in alcohol treatment are often unaware of the guidelines for preventing …

The American Psychiatric Association practice guideline for the pharmacological treatment of patients with alcohol use disorder

VI Reus, LJ Fochtmann, O Bukstein… - American Journal of …, 2018 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
The goal of this guideline1 is to improve the quality of care and treatment outcomes for
patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD), as defined by DSM-5 (American Psychiatric …

Magnesium, calcium, potassium, sodium, phosphorus, selenium, zinc, and chromium levels in alcohol use disorder: a review

J Baj, W Flieger, G Teresiński, G Buszewicz… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Macronutrients and trace elements are important components of living tissues that have
different metabolic properties and functions. Trace elements participate in the regulation of …

Excitatory-inhibitory imbalance in Alzheimer's disease and therapeutic significance

EV Varela, G Etter, S Williams - Neurobiology of disease, 2019 - Elsevier
The interplay between excitatory and inhibitory circuits underlies the brain's processes and
their dysregulation has been linked to cognitive decline, psychiatric disorders and epilepsy …

Evidence-based pharmacotherapies for alcohol use disorder: clinical pearls

J Fairbanks, A Umbreit, BP Kolla, VM Karpyak… - Mayo Clinic …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pathologic alcohol use affects more than 2 billion people and accounts for nearly 6% of all
deaths worldwide. There are three medications approved for the treatment of alcohol use …

AMPA receptors as therapeutic targets for neurological disorders

K Lee, L Goodman, C Fourie, S Schenk, B Leitch… - Advances in protein …, 2016 - Elsevier
Almost every neurological disease directly or indirectly affects synapse function in the brain.
However, these diseases alter synapses through different mechanisms, ultimately resulting …

GABAergic signaling in alcohol use disorder and withdrawal: pathological involvement and therapeutic potential

RN Dharavath, C Pina-Leblanc, VM Tang… - Frontiers in Neural …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Alcohol is one of the most widely used substances. Alcohol use accounts for 5.1% of the
global disease burden, contributes substantially to societal and economic costs, and leads …

Alcohol-related cognitive impairment: current trends and future perspectives

V Hayes, A Demirkol, N Ridley, A Withall… - Neurodegenerative …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Excessive alcohol use is associated with a wide range of physical, psychological and social
consequences, and is responsible for a significant proportion of the burden of disease …

Phenibut: review and pharmacologic approaches to treating withdrawal

SR Penzak, M Bulloch - The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract β‐Phenyl‐γ‐aminobutyric acid (phenibut) is an analog of the inhibitory
neurotransmitter γ‐aminobutyric acid (GABA) that was first synthesized in Russia in the early …