PARENTERAL MAGNESIUM IN THE PROPHYLAXIS AND TREATMENT OF DELIRIUM TREMENS
ERNEST BEROZ M.D.1,
PETER CONRAN M.D.2, , and
ROBERT W. BLANCHARD M.A.3
1 Second Year Resident in Psychiatry, Metropolitan State Hospital, Waltham, Mass.
2 Chief of Male Admission Service, Metropolitan State Hospital, Waltham, Mass.
3 Chief Psychologist, Metropolitan State Hospital, Waltham, Mass.
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.
