Authors
Citation
Mg. Livingston, BENZODIAZEPINE DEPENDENCE, British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 51(6), 1994, pp. 281
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
ISSN journal
00071064
Volume
51
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1064(1994)51:6<281:BD>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Anxiety is a common clinical problem and benzodiazepines are frequentl
y prescribed. As many as 200 000 people in the UK may be dependent on
benzodiazepines. Dependency is best prevented by carefully monitored,
short-term prescription of these drugs, but only where non-drug treatm
ents have been found to be ineffective.