[Alcohol abuse by patients with opium addiction]. / Upotreblenie alkogolia bol'nymi opiinoi narkomaniei.

A problem of alcohol abuse in patients with opium addiction was investigated. 72 patients with were examined. An alcoholic positive family history was investigated in families of the patients as well as frequency and character of premorbid alcohol abuse, types of alcoholization in remission of opium addiction and relationship between alcohol drinking in drug addiction and psychopathologic disorders. A correlation between massive alcoholization and worsening of the somatic state of the patients was determined. It was found that opium addiction increases predisposition to alcohol abuse. Relationship between massive alcoholization and unfavorable course of opium addiction is shown.