Doing the right thing when a patient requests diazepam to help with alcohol withdrawal

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Doing the right thing when a patient requests diazepam to help with alcohol withdrawal

Jonathan Bentley

Jonathan Bentley

Man drinking alcohol
Tim had every reason to want to deal with his own alcohol problem

REAL CASES

During quiet times, you might feel pressure to please the patients you do have, but sometimes, it is better to maintain standards and disappoint a patient by turning them away, as this GP describes here

Key points, Oral diazepam can be prescribed for alcohol detoxification at home – 25 tablets should be enough. Patients should keep their doctor posted on the pr, Pract Green w Pale Yellow