Psychotic reactions to zolpidem
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BACKGROUND Sibutramine is a weight loss agent recently withdrawn from the European market due to cardiovascular risk concerns. It was used for long-term obesity treatment. Zolpidem is a short acting hypnotic agent commonly used in the treatment of insomnia. A number of case reports describing psychotic reaction to sibutramine were reported in the literature. CASE REPORT We present a case of a...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(92)91935-2