Coming off tranquillizers - A sisyphean toil

Addiction

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-26

  Lader, Malcolm ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; General practice; Stepped care; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; MELATONIN; PREGABALIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRANQUILIZER;

ANXIETY DISORDER; DRUG EFFICACY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 57649123225     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02402.x     Document Type: Note

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