What is your medication of choice when considering outpatient alcohol withdrawal management (diazepam vs chlordiazepoxide vs lorazepam)?

For your recommended medication, are you doing a scheduled set dose, or is it primarily symptom-driven?

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I like to reference the ASAM alcohol withdrawal treatment guidelines which are very comprehensive and good about all the clinical and social considerations to make when deciding if ambulatory withdrawal is an option for patients (given their medical co-morbidities, history of prior severe/complicate...

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This is very helpful, thank you! As you mentioned,...

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