USE OF METRAZOL IN THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE ALCOHOLISM
LEO L. ORENSTEIN M. D.1,
KARL M. BOWMAN M. D.1,
JULIA R. KAGAN M. D.1, , and
WALTER GOLDFARB M. D.1
1 The Department of Psychiatry, N. Y. U. College of Medicine, and the Psychiatric Division of Bellevue Hospital, New York City.
The problem of acute alcoholism in a large psychiatric service is considered. Metrazol was given intravenously in "subconvulsive" doses and found to be efficacious in the treatment of certain types of alcoholic intoxication. The result with metrazol in acute alcoholism is ascribed to the action of the drug as a direct stimulant of the central nervous system.
