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Table 2: Results from the document search.<br />

Benzodiazepines<br />

Year Reference Citation Genre<br />

1964 BMJ 1964, 31. October<br />

Drugs of addiction<br />

List of substances especial<br />

liable to cause drugdependence:<br />

Librium,<br />

Article in BMJ.<br />

1980 Committee on the Review of Medicines<br />

(1980). Systematic review of<br />

benzodiazepines. BMJ;280, 910-2.<br />

1980 Cirkulære om lægers ordination af<br />

afhængighedsskabende lægemidler<br />

[Circular about doctors prescriptions of<br />

addictive medicines]. Circular number 97<br />

15.06.1980<br />

Danish National Board of Health<br />

1980<br />

-<br />

1982<br />

Medical Research Council<br />

Headquarters file 1980-82<br />

http://www.benzo.org.uk/amisc/mrc82.pdf<br />

chlordiaze-poxide<br />

However, following an<br />

extensive review of all<br />

available data the committee<br />

concluded that, on the<br />

present available evidence,<br />

the true addiction potential of<br />

benzodiazepines was low.<br />

The number dependent on<br />

benzodiazepines in the UK<br />

from 1960 to 1977 has been<br />

estimated to be 28 persons.<br />

[All mentioned groups of<br />

drugs can cause addiction.<br />

The risk is greatest for<br />

morphine and amphetamine.<br />

The doctor shall, when<br />

prescribing anxiolytics or<br />

hypnotics, take care that the<br />

patient only is prescribed<br />

what seems reasonable for<br />

the treatment.]<br />

Professor Lader explained<br />

that he thought that there was<br />

a “iceberg effect” of<br />

benzodiazepine dependence.<br />

A pronounced <strong>withdrawal</strong><br />

syndrome showed up as a<br />

consistent pattern of<br />

physiological changes on<br />

<strong>withdrawal</strong> of the drug.<br />

Although dependence occurs<br />

Systematic<br />

review<br />

Circular – a law<br />

text<br />

Headquarters<br />

file, with letter,<br />

minutes, notes.<br />

Name of file:<br />

Benzodiazepine<br />

dependence.

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