Pharmacological treatment of Alcohol abuse

Order Description

Assignment
� Pharmacokinetics of all agents used to treat the alcohol abuse
(absorption, distribution, elimination, metabolism, half-life, Vd)

� Pharmacodynamics of all agents used to treat the alcohol abuse
(what receptors or enzymes do they work on and how do they affect them, etc)

� Evidence of the efficacy of all agents used to treat the alcohol abuse
(Discussion of the efficacy of all treatments at the level of primary literature)

� Dosing schedules of all agents used to treat the alcohol abuse
(Discusses the dosing schedules approved in Australia, and where they are not approved this is noted and commented on.)

� Precautions/Adverse effects of all agents used to treat alcohol abuse
(Extensive discussion of the important side effects, including how to avoid or manage them)

� Choosing the appropriate agent(s) for treatment of alcohol abuse