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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 98, No. 5

Article | March 01, 1942

USE OF AMPHETAMINE (BENZEDRINE) SULPHATE IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC ALCOHOLISM

MILTON ROSENBAUM; LOUIS LAMS

Am J Psychiatry 1942;98:680-683.

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The psychiatric service of the Cincinnati General Hospital, and the psychiatric department of the University of Cincinnati Medical College.

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The use of benzedrine sulphate in the treatment of a series of 24 general hospital patients all suffering from severe chronic alcoholism and alcoholic addiction yielded poor results. Some of the possible reasons for these results have been discussed.

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