Anticipatory anxiety in moderately to highly-anxious oral surgery patients as a screening model for anxiolytics: Evaluation of alprazolam

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-57

  Wolf, Daniel L ^a   Desjardins, Paul J ^b   Black, Peter M ^b   Francom, Steven R ^a   Mohanlal, Ramon W ^a   Fleishaker, Joseph C ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b Premier Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INCREASED APPETITE; MALE; NAUSEA; ORAL SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SOMNOLENCE; TREMOR; VERTIGO; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; XEROSTOMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPRAZOLAM; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PULSE;

EID: 12244273698     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004714-200302000-00009     Document Type: Article

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