Sensitivity to Triazolam in the Elderly
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- 13 June 1991
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 324 (24) , 1691-1698
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199106133242403
Abstract
Elderly persons frequently appear to be sensitive to the effects of many drugs that depress the central nervous system. We studied the effect of age on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the benzodiazepine hypnotic agent triazolam, now the most frequently prescribed hypnotic drug in the United States.Keywords
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