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These undesirable symptoms are similar to the side effects that occur to oncological patients after the administration of chemotherapy.Materials and methods:\u00a0Descriptive research method was used. The literature focusing on alcohol, medications and drug consumption was reviewed.Case report:\u00a0The primary abstinence at the beginning of treatment with\u00a0Disulfiram\u00a0does not guarantee that alcohol usage will not get manifested again at the further stages of treatment. Alcohol addiction forces patients to search for a way to avoid the unwanted reactions. Sometimes, patients tend to be quite ingenious while trying to suppress the arising side effects. In many cases, it involves the usage of additional medication.Conclusions:\u00a0When alcohol addiction overpowers, the patient tries to reduce the undesirable symptoms and may even die if alcohol is combined with disulfiram. 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