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A Controlled Comparison of Diazepam and Amylobarbitone in Anxiety States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

A. McDowall
Affiliation:
Runwell Hospital, Wickford, Essex, and Rochford General and Southend General Hospitals
S. Owen
Affiliation:
Runwell Hospital, Wickford, Essex, and Rochford General and Southend General Hospitals
A. A. Robin
Affiliation:
Runwell Hospital, Wickford, Essex, and Rochford General and Southend General Hospitals

Extract

Amylobarbitone has been shown to be effective in the symptomatic treatment of neurotic anxiety in a number of controlled trials (Raymond et al, 1957; Scott, 1955; Robin, 1959), and can therefore be used as a standard of comparison in the treatment of anxiety states. It is here compared with diazepam (7-chloro-1,3-dihydro-1 -methyl-5-phenyl-2H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1966 

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