Drug Treatment for Alcoholics With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Launched by NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM (NIAAA) · Nov 2, 1999

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Meets criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence and post-traumatic stress disorder.
• • Laboratory tests for blood and urinalysis must be within normal limits.
• • Must be clearly motivated to obtain benefit from treatment and keep appointments for study visits and therapy sessions.
• • Females who use an acceptable method of birth control, are sterilized, or are at least 2 years post-menopausal.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Have a diagnosis of schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, dissociative identity disorder, eating disorder, substance dependence in the last 60 days.
• • Currently suicidal.
• • Medical reasons not to receive drug therapy.
• • Allergy or hypersensitivity to selective serotonin inhibitor antidepressants.
• • Significant hematological, endocrine, cardiovascular, renal, hepatic, neurological, or gastrointestinal disease.
• • Liver function test greater than 2 times the normal level
• • Require ongoing therapy with another psychoactive drug during the study period.
• • Females who are pregnant or lactating.