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.

Top treatments taken by people for alcohol use disorder*

Who has alcohol use disorder on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 35
30s 391
40s 638
50s 663
60s 470
70+ 217

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 853
Female 1,528

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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.



Common symptoms reported by people with alcohol use disorder

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

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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Treatments taken by people for alcohol use disorder

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Compare treatments taken by people with alcohol use disorder

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Who has alcohol use disorder on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 2 new patients joined this month
  • 282 say alcohol use disorder is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 35
30s 391
40s 638
50s 663
60s 470
70+ 217
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 389
20-29 years 257
30-39 years 95
40-49 years 45
50-59 years 13
60-69 years 0
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 853
Female 1,528

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 954
Not Diagnosed 1,341

These charts show data from alcohol use disorder patients who have completed their condition history
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