Alcohol use disorder
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What is alcohol use disorder?
Alcoholism is a disease characterized by craving, the inability to control drinking, withdrawal symptoms, such as nausea, sweating or shakiness after stopping drinking and increasing tolerance.
Common symptoms reported by people with alcohol use disorder
Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it
Common symptom
Agitation with restlessness
How bad it is
Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for alcohol use disorder
Treatment name(s)
Type
How many have tried
Tried for
Treatment name(s)
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
Type
Psychotherapy
How many have tried
294
Tried for
alcohol use disorder
(4)
Data from patients with alcohol use disorder, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
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Compare treatments taken by people with alcohol use disorder
Treatment name(s)
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment name(s)
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
Perceived effectiveness
for alcohol use disorder (3 evaluations)
Side effects
Total evaluations
3
Tried for
alcohol use disorder
(4)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
alcohol use disorder
(1)
- Major
- Moderate
- Slight
- None
- Can't tell
- Severe
- Moderate
- Mild
- None
Data from patients with alcohol use disorder, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
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Who has alcohol use disorder on PatientsLikeMe?
- 2 new patients joined this month
- 239 say alcohol use disorder is their primary condition
Age | Proportion | # of patients |
---|---|---|
<20 | 0 | |
20s | 62 | |
30s | 455 | |
40s | 609 | |
50s | 611 | |
60s | 405 | |
70+ | 151 |
Age at first symptom | Proportion | # of patients |
---|---|---|
0-19 years | 387 | |
20-29 years | 257 | |
30-39 years | 94 | |
40-49 years | 45 | |
50-59 years | 13 | |
60-69 years | 0 | |
70+ years | 0 |
Distribution of sex
Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
---|---|---|
Male | 815 | |
Female | 1458 |
Diagnosis status | Proportion | # of patients |
---|---|---|
Diagnosed | 953 | |
Not Diagnosed | 1341 |
These charts show data from alcohol use disorder patients who have completed their condition history
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