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A Controlled Comparison of Nitrazepam (‘Mogadon’) with Sodium Amylobarbitone as a Sleep-inducing Agent

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

C. Davies  and
S. Levine
C. Davies
Affiliation:
United Sheffield Hospitals, Whiteley Wood Clinic, Sheffield, 10
S. Levine
Affiliation:
United Sheffield Hospitals, Whiteley Wood Clinic, Sheffield, 10 (Oldham and District General Hospital, Oldham, Lancs.)
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Nitrazepam (Mogadon), a benzodiazepine compound, chemically related to diazepam (Valium) and chlordiazepoxide (Librium) is a recently introduced sleep-inducing agent. Other studies (Baum et al., 1965; Fraser and Shepherd, 1966), found it to be both safe and effective. It is thought to induce sleep by “shielding the brain centre responsible for waking from emotioned stimuli”, and is therefore of particular interest for psychiatric illness. This study is a clinical comparison with sodium amylobarbitone, using a double-blind cross-over technique.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 113 , Issue 502 , September 1967 , pp. 1005 - 1008
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1967 

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