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Alcoholics battling the bottleto get George Best treatment
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SCORES of recovering alcoholics in Edinburgh are to be treated
with a controversial medicine used by the late football legend George
Best which makes them feel ill if they have a drink.
A nurse has been appointed at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital to
oversee the treatment of up to 80 addicts a year with the
prescription-only medicine disulfiram, marketed as Antabuse.
Drinking while taking Antabuse causes serious and unpleasant
symptoms such as severe headaches, mood swings, breathlessness,
palpitations and nausea, while in the worst cases, it can induce
shock and collapse. Although it does not ...
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