The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol (NIAAA) is an institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). They support research into the effects of alcohol and disseminate findings to researchers, health care professionals, and the public.

The NIAAA publishes a Clinician’s Guide which contains the latest recommendations for assessing alcohol use in patients and developing treatment strategies for patients who drink too much. Download the guide by clicking this link:

NIAAA Clinician’s Guide

Read the guide, then answer the questions in the “more” section of this post.

You should be able to answer the following questions after reading the NIAAA Clinician’s Guide:

1) What are safe drinking limits recommended by NIAAA for men? for women? for women who are pregnant or trying to become pregnant?

2) Is intervention by a primary care physician effective in ameliorating the ill effects of alcohol in patients who drink too much?

3) What are the three drugs commonly used to aid patients in maintaining abstinence from alcohol? What are their mechanisms of action?