Alcohol use disorder

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.

How do members experience alcohol use disorder?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with alcohol use disorder*

*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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Top treatments taken by people for alcohol use disorder*

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Who has alcohol use disorder on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 40
30s 401
40s 639
50s 659
60s 459
70+ 208

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 850
Female 1,525
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