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

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.5.680

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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