Disulfiram 500mg tablets
Requires a prescription from a doctor or prescriber
A carbamate derivative used as an alcohol deterrent.
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Yellow Card reports
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WHO defined daily dose (DDD)
200 mg
Not a recommended dose. The DDD is the assumed average maintenance dose per day for a drug used for its main indication in adults. It is a statistical measure used for research and comparison purposes only.
Source: WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology, distributed via the NHS dm+d supplementary BNF/ATC mapping files (NHSBSA). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Therapeutically similar medicines
Similarity is based on WHO Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification and on a factual NHS dm+d therapeutic-grouping code prefix. Source data: NHS dm+d via TRUD (OGL v3.0), WHO ATC/DDD Index.
NHS prescribing volume and spending trends
Guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
NICE clinical guidance(2)
Alcohol-use disorders: diagnosis, assessment and management of harmful drinking (high-risk drinking) and alcohol dependence (CG115)
Alcohol-use disorders: diagnosis and management (QS11)
Source: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Codes for healthcare professionals and prescribing systems
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NHS UK identifiers
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SNOMED CT and dm+d codes from NHS TRUD (Technology Reference data Update Distribution), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. BNF code shown is the factual mapping value distributed by NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) in the dm+d supplementary file under OGL v3.0; it is not affiliated with, nor licensed from, the publishers of the British National Formulary. ATC codes from the WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology (whocc.no).
Active and completed clinical studies from ClinicalTrials.gov
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH). Data accessed via ClinicalTrials.gov API v2. Trial information is provided for research purposes and does not constitute medical advice.
Academic studies and reviews for this medicine's active substance
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Reviews & meta-analyses: 11 · Randomised trials: 3 · 1964–2026
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Marilyn D. Skinner, Pierre Lahmek, Héloïse Pham, et al.
PLoS ONE, 2014
- Alcohol Deterrents
- Alcoholism
- Cocaine
Э. Лааксонен, Anja Koski‐Jännes, Mikko Salaspuro, et al.
Alcohol and Alcoholism, 2007
- Acamprosate
- Alcoholism
- Disulfiram
Beáta-Mária Benkő, Neuza Sofia De Brito Parreirinha, István Sebe, et al.
iScience, 2026
Benny Johansson
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 1992
- Acetaldehyde
- Alcoholism
- Disulfiram
Trevor M. Kitson
Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 1977
- Alcohol Drinking
- Acetaldehyde
- Ethanol
Lu Chen, Xinyan Li, Yongya Ren, et al.
Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology, 2021
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Disulfiram
- Neoplasms
Jenna Lanz, Nicholas Biniaz-Harris, Maria Kuvaldina, et al.
Antibiotics, 2023
J. E. Meneguello, L. S. Murase, J. P. D. de Souza, et al.
International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2022
Yao Lu, Qingqing Pan, Wenxia Gao, et al.
Biomaterials, 2021
- Disulfiram
- Neoplasms
- Copper
Thomas R. Kosten, Guiying Wu, Wen Huang, et al.
Biological Psychiatry, 2012
- Disulfiram
- Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase
- Genotype
Sources: aggregated from Europe PMC (EMBL-EBI), OpenAlex, Crossref, PubMed and other open scholarly databases. Retracted articles are excluded. Study information is provided for research purposes and does not constitute medical advice.
Pharmacology and chemical data from DrugBank
Key facts
Drug status
Approved
Major interactions
None known
Half-life
Not available
Mechanism
Disulfiram blocks the oxidation of alcohol at the acetaldehyde stage during alco…
Food interactions
2 warnings
Human targets
3 targets
Data: DrugBank · CC BY-NC 4.0
Pharmacokinetics at a glance
Absorption
80 to 90%
Metabolism
Pharmacokinetic data: DrugBank · CC BY-NC 4.0
Known interactions with other medications. Always consult a healthcare professional.
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How the body processes this drug — absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination
Proteins and enzymes this drug interacts with in the body
PMID:18035827 PMID:18182499 PMID:22633490 PMID:25047030 PMID:9133646 PMID:9662422
Responsible for conversion of the sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) degradation product hexadecenal to hexadecenoic acid PMID:22633490
Enzymes involved in drug metabolism — important for understanding drug interactions
Proteins that transport this drug across cell membranes
PMID:15791618 PMID:16332456 PMID:18985798 PMID:19228692 PMID:20010382 PMID:20398791 PMID:22262466 PMID:24711118 PMID:29507376 PMID:32203132
Transports taurine-conjugated bile salts more rapidly than glycine-conjugated bile salts .
PMID:16332456
Also transports non-bile acid compounds, such as pravastatin and fexofenadine in an ATP-dependent manner and may be involved in their biliary excretion PMID:15901796 PMID:18245269
Involved compounds
ATC P03AA04
ATC P03AA54
ATC N07BB01
Chemical identifiers
CAS, UNII, InChI Key and database cross-references
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Chemical identifiers
CAS, UNII, InChI Key and database cross-references
Linked compound data from DrugBank Open Data (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Disulfiram
Additional database identifiers
Drugs Product Database (DPD)
5805
ChemSpider
3005
BindingDB
50058655
ZINC
ZINC000001529266
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
HGNC:2689
GenAtlas
DBH
GeneCards
DBH
GenBank Gene Database
X13255
GenBank Protein Database
30474
Guide to Pharmacology
2486
UniProt Accession
DOPO_HUMAN
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
HGNC:404
GenAtlas
ALDH2
GeneCards
ALDH2
GenBank Gene Database
X05409
GenBank Protein Database
28606
Guide to Pharmacology
2595
UniProt Accession
ALDH2_HUMAN
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
HGNC:403
GenAtlas
ALDH3A2
GeneCards
ALDH3A2
GenBank Gene Database
L47162
GenBank Protein Database
1082036
UniProt Accession
AL3A2_HUMAN
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
HGNC:2637
GenAtlas
CYP3A4
GeneCards
CYP3A4
GenBank Gene Database
M18907
Guide to Pharmacology
1337
UniProt Accession
CP3A4_HUMAN
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
HGNC:2638
GenAtlas
CYP3A5
GeneCards
CYP3A5
GenBank Gene Database
J04813
GenBank Protein Database
181346
Guide to Pharmacology
1338
UniProt Accession
CP3A5_HUMAN
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
HGNC:2631
GeneCards
CYP2E1
GenBank Gene Database
J02625
GenBank Protein Database
181360
Guide to Pharmacology
1330
UniProt Accession
CP2E1_HUMAN
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
HGNC:42
GenAtlas
ABCB11
GeneCards
ABCB11
GenBank Gene Database
AF091582
GenBank Protein Database
3873243
Guide to Pharmacology
778
UniProt Accession
ABCBB_HUMAN
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