Withdrawal symptoms after long-term treatment with therapeutic doses of flurazepam: a case report
- 1 April 1983
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 140 (4) , 488-490
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.140.4.488
Abstract
A male patient with chronic insomnia experienced withdrawal symptoms when flurazepam (30 mg h.s.), which he had taken nightly for 8 years, was abruptly discontinued. Problems associated with sedative-hypnotic medication and the long-term treatment of chronic insomnia are discussed.Keywords
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