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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 13.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Med Res Opin. 2011 Oct 27;27(12):2309–2320. doi: 10.1185/03007995.2011.628648

Table 1.

Eligibility criteria related to alcohol and substance use.

Inclusion Criteria Exclusion Criteria
DSM-IV-TR29 criteria for alcohol use disorders (abuse or dependence) Primary substance of abuse or dependence not alcohol
Criteria include:
≥4 standard alcoholic drinks* for women, or ≥5 drinks for men, within 24 hours; or ≥3 standard alcoholic drinks*/day for ≥1 week (i.e., ≥7 consecutive days) in any adult
Actively abusing substances other than alcohol
Recently abstinent: alcohol free (by patient self-report) for ≥4 (but not >30) days** Minimum 4 days of abstinence did not overlap the week before randomization
*

Standard alcoholic drinks included 12oz. of regular beer, 5oz. of wine, or 1.5 oz of 80-proof (40% alcohol) distilled spirits.

**

Days abstinent were not necessarily consecutive.

DSM-IV-TR – Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition text revision; oz. - ounces.