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Sedative or Tranquillizer? A Comparison of the Hypnotic Effects of Chlordiazepoxide and Amylobarbitone Sodium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Richard Perkins  and
John Hinton
Richard Perkins
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychiatry, Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, W.1
John Hinton
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychiatry, Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, W.1
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Lader and Wing (1965) compared amylobarbitone sodium and chlordiazepoxide as daytime sedative drugs in anxious patients. Using a formal bioassay technique they found that 65 mg. of amylobarbitone sodium was equivalent to 9 mg. of chlordiazepoxide. Essential differences in the physiological and clinical actions of the drugs were not demonstrated, and the incidence of side effects, including drowsiness, was similar in each case.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 124 , Issue 582 , May 1974 , pp. 435 - 439
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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