 Alcoholic beverages can also be prescribed as a treatment for delirium tremens, but this practice is not universally supported.High doses of thiamine often by the intravenous route is also recommended.Nicknames include "the horrors", "the shakes", "the bottleache", "quart mania", "ork orks", "gallon distemper", "the zoots", "barrel fever", "the 750 itch", "pint paralysis", “seeing pink elephants”.