Adjunctive Phenobarbital for Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome: A Focused Literature Review.

Objective: To review the literature describing the use of adjunctive phenobarbital in the treatment of severe alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS).

Data Sources: PubMed and EMBASE were searched using the following terms: , , , , and .

Study Selection And Data Extraction: The search was limited to randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and cohort studies published in English.