Guidance
Update information
April 2017: We updated the recommendation on corticosteroid treatment for alcohol-related hepatitis. This recommendation is marked as [2017].
Some changes were made to recommendation wording without an evidence review. These recommendations are marked as [2010, amended 2017]. The changes are:
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We removed olanzapine from recommendation 1.1.4.1 because the formulation is no longer available.
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We removed a note from recommendation 1.3.2.1 because the nationally agreed guidelines for liver transplant assessment in the context of alcohol-related liver disease are no longer available online.
Recommendations are marked as [2010] when the evidence was last reviewed in 2010.
Minor changes since publication
October 2022: We replaced recommendations on surgery for people with pain from large-duct (obstructive) chronic alcohol-related pancreatitis, prophylactic antibiotics for acute alcohol-related pancreatitis, and nutritional support for acute alcohol-related pancreatitis with recommendations from NICE's guideline on pancreatitis. These recommendations are marked as [2018]. We also added a cross reference in the section on alcohol related liver disease to NICE's guideline on cirrhosis in over 16s.
May 2021: We linked to the updated MHRA safety advice on antiepileptic drugs in pregnancy in recommendation 1.1.3.1.
August 2019: We updated the glossary definitions and terminology for harmful drinking and hazardous drinking in line with the UK chief medical officers' low risk drinking guidelines.
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