Antabuse, or disulfiram as it is also known, was the first medicine approved for the treatment of alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence by the FDA. Recent studies have shown that antabuse can be very effective in maintaining abstinence from alcohol if used over a long-term period. But antabuse cannot be taken by everyone.More Information:
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My wife has been on antabuse for six days. Tonight she found a bottle of Vodka apparantly on a back shelf near the stove which I was unaware of. She drank two large swallows or about two ounces.
I have been online looking for an antidote to the reaction, but there is none. She has been severely sick for four hours now. Vomiting, stomach cramps, heart palpatations, a drop in blood pressure, a severe migrane, convulsions, shaking from head to toe and now shortness of breath. I thought she was dead when I last checked.
If she does not stop shaking in 20 minutes, I am calling an ambulance. For God’s sake people, get ahold of your lives and quit drinking. Alcohol has ruined her, and for what? If you are going to take antabuse and you decide to drink, I am leaving this comment so you can be prepared for what to expect. This is absolute misery.