Alcohol and Tobacco Misuse

Alcohol and Tobacco Misuse

Expert – Dr Ferghal Armstrong
FRACGP, FAChAM, FASLM

Ferghal is a general practitioner, Addiction Medicine specialist and fellow of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine

This video is provided to help you understand the basic principles that underly the management of alcohol use disorder and tobacco use disorder.

IN THIS VIDEO WE COVER THE FOLLOWING TOPICS

• The diagnosis of addiction
• The phases of alcohol withdrawal
• The management of alcohol withdrawal
• Benzodiazepines
• Thiamine
• Wernicke’s encephalopathy
• Nicotine dependency
• The 5As of smoking cessation
• Three main pharmacotherapies for smoking cessation i.e. nicotine replacement therapy varenicline and bupropion