Alcohol detoxification and Alcoholism

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Difference between Alcohol detoxification and Alcoholism

Alcohol detoxification vs. Alcoholism

Alcohol detoxification, or detox, for individuals with alcohol dependence, is the abrupt cessation of alcohol intake, a process often coupled with substitution of cross-tolerant drugs that have effects similar to the effects of alcohol in order to prevent alcohol withdrawal. Alcoholism, also known as alcohol use disorder (AUD), is a broad term for any drinking of alcohol that results in mental or physical health problems.

Similarities between Alcohol detoxification and Alcoholism

Alcohol detoxification and Alcoholism have 6 things in common (in Unionpedia): Addiction, Alcohol dependence, Baclofen, Barbiturate, Benzodiazepine, Diazepam.

Addiction

Addiction is a brain disorder characterized by compulsive engagement in rewarding stimuli despite adverse consequences.

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Alcohol dependence

Alcohol dependence is a previous psychiatric diagnosis in which an individual is physically or psychologically dependent upon alcohol (also known formally as ethanol).

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Baclofen

Baclofen, sold under the brand name Lioresal among others, is a medication used to treat spasticity.

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Barbiturate

A barbiturate is a drug that acts as a central nervous system depressant, and can therefore produce a wide spectrum of effects, from mild sedation to death.

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Benzodiazepine

Benzodiazepines (BZD, BZs), sometimes called "benzos", are a class of psychoactive drugs whose core chemical structure is the fusion of a benzene ring and a diazepine ring.

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Diazepam

Diazepam, first marketed as Valium, is a medicine of the benzodiazepine family that typically produces a calming effect.

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What Alcohol detoxification and Alcoholism have in common
What are the similarities between Alcohol detoxification and Alcoholism

Alcohol detoxification and Alcoholism Comparison

Alcohol detoxification has 22 relations, while Alcoholism has 241. As they have in common 6, the Jaccard index is 2.28% = 6 / (22 + 241).

References

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