TY - JOUR
T1 - Current Status of Benzodiazepines
AU - Koch-Weser, Jan
AU - Greenblatt, David J.
AU - Shader, Richard I.
AU - Abernethy, Darrell R.
PY - 1983/8/11
Y1 - 1983/8/11
N2 - When the pharmacologic and clinical properties of the benzodiazepine sedative–anxioly tics were last reviewed comprehensively in 1973 and 1974,1 2 3 their use in clinical practice was very extensive and increasing.4 5 6 It was pointed out that a continuation of the yearly rate of increase would lead to the total tranquilization of America by the turn of the century.7 During the mid-1970s, however, concern emerged among both prescribers and users of these medications about this continuously increasing use. Articles in scientific publications and the lay press suggested some apparently dramatic consequences and hazards of tranquilizer use.8 9 10 11 12 Although the validity of most such reports.
AB - When the pharmacologic and clinical properties of the benzodiazepine sedative–anxioly tics were last reviewed comprehensively in 1973 and 1974,1 2 3 their use in clinical practice was very extensive and increasing.4 5 6 It was pointed out that a continuation of the yearly rate of increase would lead to the total tranquilization of America by the turn of the century.7 During the mid-1970s, however, concern emerged among both prescribers and users of these medications about this continuously increasing use. Articles in scientific publications and the lay press suggested some apparently dramatic consequences and hazards of tranquilizer use.8 9 10 11 12 Although the validity of most such reports.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM198308113090607
DO - 10.1056/NEJM198308113090607
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84972471553
VL - 309
SP - 354
EP - 358
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
SN - 0028-4793
IS - 6
ER -