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Chapter 1. Antipsychotic and Anti-anxiety Agents
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses various antipsychotic and anti-anxiety agents. Most of the compounds discussed in the chapter are tested by two general methods: (1) the study of animal behavior following drug treatment in experimental models designed to mimic a clinical situation (conflict, avoidance, etc.) and (2) the measurement of ...
Scott J. Childress
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Spiro Benzodiazepine Substituted Fluorocoumarins as Potent Anti-Anxiety Agents
1,5-Benzodiazepines are one of the important class of tranquilizers. The fusion of heterocyclic systems like coumarins and indolines with the benzodiazepine seems quite encouraging for the synthesis of derivatives with enhanced anti-anxiety property. The benzodiazepine derivatives containing fluorine were synthesized and studied for their anti-anxiety ...
Dayanand Patagar +8 more
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Chapter 1. Antipsychotic and Anti-anxiety Agents
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the results of studies focusing on antipsychotic and anti-anxiety agents. A double blind controlled study showed an approximately 10% better response in schizophrenic patients with droperidol than with haloperidol.
R. Ian Fryer
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Anti-anxiety agents: duration of use and characteristics of users in the U.S.A.
A national survey of psychotherapeutic drug use was carried out in the U.S.A. in 1979. Data were obtained from a probability sample (n = 3161) of adults in the general population, using a clinically-oriented interview lasting an average of 90 minutes.
Eberhard H. Uhlenhuth +2 more
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A simple and reliable conflict procedure for testing anti-anxiety agents
The effects of three benzodiazepines (chlordiazepoxide, diazepam, and oxazepam), meprobamate, pentobarbital, d-amphetamine sulfate, magnesium pemoline, and scopolamine hydrobromide were studied with a simple conflict procedure in which thirsty naive rats were periodically administered shocks for licking water.
Bernard Beer +2 more
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Chapter 1. Antipsychotic and Antianxiety Agents
Publisher Summary This chapter presents results of studies that analyze antipsychotic and antianxiety agents. The use of long-acting fluphenazine in the management of schizophrenia and its comparison with conventional therapy was reviewed. Studies of other 6-6-6 tricyclics included several new phenothiaaine derivatives. A diazabicyclononane analog of
Charles L. Zirkle, Carl Kaiser
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Chapter 1. Antipsychotic and Anti-anxiety Agents
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses results of studies focusing on antipsychotic and antianxiety agents. Studies revealed that medazepam alleviates anxiety and tension in children and adults with minimal sedative side effect and without impairment of working capacity or normal alertness.
Irwin J Pachter, Alan A. Rubin
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Chapter 32 Hypnotics and anti-anxiety agents
Summary Depression of the central nervous system can be achieved with a wide variety of chemical agents. Depending on dose, increasing levels of effect consisting of (a) anti-anxiety effects, (b) sedation, (c) sleep, (d) anesthesia, and (e) coma (with risk of a fatal outcome) may be produced. Frequently the same agent may be used at a greater dose to
Arthur Raines
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Adjunctive Use of Anti-Anxiety Agents
Paul E. Feldman
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