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Nitrazepam (Mogadon) Dependence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

P. G. Misra
P. G. Misra*
Affiliation:
Hollymoor Hospital, Birmingham, B31 5EX
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Evidences suggest that the predisposed individual can develop dependence to various tranquillizers even to the extent of physical dependence similar to that seen with the barbiturates. Dependence can develop to benzodiazepine derivatives, and cases have been reported mainly for chlordiazepoxide, diazepam and oxazepam. These drugs can also produce withdrawal reactions (Hollister et al., 1963; Barten, 1965; Krypsin-Exner, 1966; Bakewell and Wikler, 1966; Essing, 1966; Gordon, 1967; Ewing and Bakewell, 1967; Hanna, 1972).

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 126 , Issue 1 , January 1975 , pp. 81 - 82
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1975 

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