Nitrazepam (Mogadon) as a Sleep-Inducing Agent

1 December 1969

journal article
clinical trial
Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry

Vol. 115 (529) , 1393-1397
https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.115.529.1393

Abstract

Nitrazepam is a benzodiazepine closely related to diazepam and chlordiazepoxide. It has been marketed as a sleep-inducing drug, and as such has proved to have an overall effectiveness comparable to that of the barbiturates and related drugs (3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12).

Keywords

NITRAZEPAM
PHENOBARBITONE
MOGADON
SLEEP INDUCING
BLIND COMPARISON
INDUCING AGENT
DOUBLE BLIND
ANALYSIS

This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:

A Double-Blind Controlled Trial of a Non-Barbiturate Hypnotic—Nitrazepam
The British Journal of Psychiatry, 1968
A Controlled Comparison of Nitrazepam (‘Mogadon’) with Sodium Amylobarbitone as a Sleep-inducing Agent
The British Journal of Psychiatry, 1967
Tests for Linear Trends in Proportions and Frequencies
Published by JSTOR ,1955