A 52-year-old man with long-standing alcohol use disorder is admitted for management of acute withdrawal. He drinks 16 units of alcohol daily and last...

Question

A 52-year-old man with long-standing alcohol use disorder is admitted for management of acute withdrawal. He drinks 16 units of alcohol daily and last drank 12 hours ago. He is tremulous, tachycardic and hypertensive but oriented. According to standard Canadian withdrawal protocols, what is the mainstay of pharmacologic management?

Accepted Answer

Long-acting benzodiazepine regimen guided by a withdrawal scale

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High-dose haloperidol

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Phenytoin

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Clonidine alone

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No pharmacologic therapy

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Alcohol withdrawal management