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Benzodiazepines

Depressants or Antidepressants?

Drugs volume 44, pages 165–169 (1992)Cite this article

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Tiller, J.W.G., Schweitzer, I. Benzodiazepines. Drugs 44, 165–169 (1992). https://doi.org/10.2165/00003495-199244020-00001

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Keywords

  • Amitriptyline
  • Panic Disorder
  • Alprazolam
  • Moclobemide
  • Agoraphobia