Treatment of delirium tremens with 5-hydroxytryptophan.

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Category Primary study
JournalItalian journal of neurological sciences
Year 1981
A serotonin precursor, 5-hydroxytryptophan, is advocated in treatment of delirium tremens on clinical, electrophysiological and neurochemical grounds. Th results demonstrate the effectiveness of the drug and seem to bear out a particular hypothesis regarding the pathogenesis of delirium tremens.
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