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. 1981;11 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):99S-104S.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1981.tb01844.x.

Paradoxical reactions to benzodiazepines

R C Hall, S Zisook

Paradoxical reactions to benzodiazepines

R C Hall et al. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 1981.

Abstract

1 The overall incidence of paradoxical responses to the benzodiazepines is extremely small, but a few controlled studies have been carried out which define the population at risk.

2 Such reactions tend to be idiosyncratic except possibly in patients with pre-rage personality, and do not seem to be associated with any predictable clinical indications.

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