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disulfiram

[ dahy-suhl-feer-uhm ]

noun

Pharmacology.
  1. a cream-colored, water-insoluble solid, C 10 H 20 N 2 S 4 , used chiefly in the treatment of chronic alcoholism, producing highly unpleasant symptoms when alcohol is taken following its administration.


disulfiram

/ ˌ岹ɪʌˈɪəə /

noun

  1. a drug used in the treatment of alcoholism that acts by inducing nausea and other unpleasant effects following ingestion of alcohol
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of disulfiram1

1950–55; disulfi(de) + (thiu)ram; thio-, urea, amyl
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of disulfiram1

C20: from tetraethylthiu ram disulfi de
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Tewari explains that there are FDA-approved drugs that can be used to affect neutrophils, like disulfiram used to treat alcohol abuse.

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Food and Drug Administration has approved only three medications to treat alcohol use disorder: disulfiram, naltrexone, and acamprosate.

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The medication disulfiram prescribed to alcoholics to prevent them from drinking causes these same symptoms.

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Only three conventional drugs - disulfiram, naltrexone and acamprosate - are approved to treat alcohol use disorder and there’s been no new drug approvals in nearly 20 years.

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Only three conventional drugs — disulfiram, naltrexone and acamprosate — are approved to treat alcohol use disorder and there’s been no new drug approvals in nearly 20 years.

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