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PARENTERAL MAGNESIUM IN THE PROPHYLAXIS AND TREATMENT OF DELIRIUM TREMENS
Published Online:1 Apr 2006https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.118.11.1042
Abstract
In chronic alcoholics, parenteral magnesium sulfate is of value in the treatment of severe acute brain syndrome attributable to alcohol. Its value is particularly apparent in preventing the development of delirium tremens in those patients who were not hallucinating when admitted.
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