Anxiolytic drugs: dependence, addiction and abuse

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 85-91

  Lader, Malcolm ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abuse; Addiction; Anxiolytic drugs; Dependence

Indexed keywords

ALPIDEM; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; BUSPIRONE; CLORAZEPATE; DIAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; TEMAZEPAM; ZOLPIDEM;

DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; HUMAN; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0028341783     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-977X(94)90001-9     Document Type: Review

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