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Chlormethiazole Abuse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Elizabeth Gregg  and
Iftikhar Akhter
Elizabeth Gregg
Affiliation:
Birmingham Rotational Scheme in Psychiatry, Uffculme Clinic, Queensbridge Road, Birmingham 13
Iftikhar Akhter
Affiliation:
Regional Addiction Unit, All Saints Hospital, Birmingham 18
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Summary

This report describes 17 cases of chlormethiazole abuse or dependence. These include one case with symptoms and signs of withdrawal and two other similar cases where undoubted dependence was combined with excessive alcohol intake. Seven other patients with alcoholism who indulged in drug-seeking behaviour involving chlormethiazole are also reported, together with a further seven abusers of various other drugs who were also discovered to be taking chlormethiazole.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 134 , Issue 6 , June 1979 , pp. 627 - 629
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1979 

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