If so why or why not?
2006-09-21 06:18:28 · 6 answers · asked by motherpeanutbutterbutinsky 6 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Antibuse is used whenever the patient is most likely to repeat his or her abuse of alcohol. It is not used as often as it was 20 years ago, because they found that some chronic alcoholics could and would drink even when ON Antibuse. The preferred treatment these days is intensive therapy with a counslor, while admitted to a treatment facility combining one on one and group counseling. A great deal is dependent on the willingness of the patient to stop abusing substances, so the focus has turned to getting to the root of the dependence problem, and eliminating the posibility of other mental health problems being present that feed the need for dependency. This seems to be more sucessfull, i.e. treating the patient as a whole rather than by one of many symptoms that may present themselves.
2006-09-21 06:29:49 · answer #1 · answered by piper54alpha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is used in limited applications. It really doesn't work to change the habits of chronic alcoholics. It may help to keep them sober while they explore other forms of treatment.
2006-09-21 06:22:14 · answer #2 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but as George Best proved it doesn't always work
2006-09-21 06:19:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they do. It works great if the patient stays on it. If the patient stops taking it, then it defeats the purpose.
2006-09-21 06:20:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but the person has to want to take it. Not many want to.
2006-09-21 06:48:34 · answer #5 · answered by adamsjrcn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, my father is on it now.
2006-09-21 06:20:05 · answer #6 · answered by nonametomention 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it does.
2006-09-21 06:20:03 · answer #7 · answered by jfyprsl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋