Sudden Unexpected Death and Alcohol Addiction: Case Report on Disulfiram Use
<b>:</b> When alcohol addiction overpowers, the patient tries to reduce the undesirable symptoms and may even die if alcohol is combined with disulfiram. Death may occur due to the cardio and neurotoxic effects of acetaldehyde.
Authors
- Sigitas Laima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6095-9887)
- Paulius Petreikis
- Dalius Banionis
- Diana Vasiljevaitė (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8415-5998)
- Robertas Badaras (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1794-2259)
- Sigitas Chmieliauskas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9104-9835)
- Gabija Kondratavičiūtė
Institutions
- Vilnius University (LT)
- Vilnius University of Applied Sciences (LT)
- Institute of Biomedical Science (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acta medica Lituanica
- Published
- 2025-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.15388/amed.2025.32.1.5
- Primary Topic
- Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00