Drug used to prevent alcohol withdrawal in de addiction is?
Psychological & medical suppoive measures are needed during withdrawal .Many CNS depressant like barbiturates ,phenothiazines ,chloral hydrate have been used as substitution therapy in past (to suppress withdrawal syndrome) but benzodiazepine (chordiazepoxide ,diazepam ) are preferred drugs now. Ref: KD Tripathi 8th ed.
Diazepam
Clonidine
Propanolol
Methadone
Central Nervous system