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2017-06-30 18:46:23
Good evening Sir!! My father who is a pharmacist ( 54yrs)has been suffering from acute hypertension from past 25 yrs due to some financial setback in past and developed his occasaiobal habbit of binge drinking (now 10 days in a month) from several years ( more than 10 yrs).How to treat this situation optimally.I.would be highly obliged.
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Binge drinking can be treated with medication. It sometimes goes hand in hand with a depressive disorder
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