Abstinence symptoms after withdrawal of tranquillising drugs: is there a common neurochemical mechanism?
Withdrawal of anxiolytic agents such as ethanol, barbiturates, and benzodiazepines may result in a syndrome characterised in its most severe form by delirium and seizures. There is increasing evidence that anxiolytic drugs produce their pharmacological effects by enhancing brain gamma-aminobutyric a...
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1982
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