Awareness and use of Benzodiazepines in healthy volunteers and ambulatory patients visiting a tertiary care hospital: a cross sectional survey.

BACKGROUND: Indiscriminate prescription of Benzodiazepines in Pakistan and subsequent availability over-the-counter without prescription is a major public health problem, requiring systematic inquiry through research. Additionally, there is limited data on the awareness and use of Benzodiazepines fr...

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Main Authors: Mustafa Raoof, Haq Nawaz, Rabeeya Nusrat, Aqueel Hussain Pabaney, Ali Raza Randhawa, Rabeea Rehman, Nida Butool Rizvi, Haider Naqvi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2265543?pdf=render