THE INFLUENCE OF THE ELECTROTRANQUILIZATION ON THE HORMONAL STATUS INALCOHOLIC PATIENTS

The correlation between clinical signs of alcoholism dynamics and horm onal status indices was analysed in 26 patients during medical electro tranquilization sessions. Electrotranquilization (ET) was carried out by ''Lenar'' (Russia) apparatus. There were estimated the concentratio ns of the following hormones: adrenocorticotropic hormone, hydrocortis one, prolactin, follicle stimulating, luteinizing hormones, estriol, t estosterone, somatotropic, thyrotropic hormones, triiodothyronine, tyr osine and insulin. The inverse correlation was observed between the es triol, testosterone and tyrosine levels on the one hand and the clinic al signs of the reaction to alcohol administration on the other hand. So far as the disease severity strengthened, both the elevation of est riol and the decrease of testosterone levels were observed. The prolac tin concentration correlated directly with metalcoholic clinical sings gravity. This confirmed the prolactin role both in postalcoholic haem ostasis restoration and in pathogenesis of metalcoholic clinical signs . In alcoholic patients the ET normalized the serum prolactin level as well as promoted the trend to normalization of estriol and testostero ne levels.