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Article: Alcoholism TX not a primary care concern.(Addiction Psychiatry)(Survey)

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November 1, 2005
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Primary care physicians are not very confident that medications to treat people with alcoholism will be effective: Only 26% of 300 general practitioners and internists taking an online survey thought medication would be effective or very effective.

The survey results also showed that many physicians do not address risk with patients. "Exactly half of doctors do not ask their patients about alcohol use," Allan Rivlin said during a teleconference on alcoholism sponsored by the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America.

The 50% of physicians who inquire about alcohol consumption only do so half of the time or less. Reasons for this include a lack of ...

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