Am J Psychiatry 1975; 132:654-655
Copyright © 1975 by American Psychiatric Association
Medical practice without antianxiety drugs
MH Keeler and RL Mccurdy
The benzodiazepines and hydroxyzine were removed from a statewide Medicaid
pharmacopeia. Barbiturate sedatives, hypnotic and antipsychotic medication,
and tricyclic antidepressants remained available, but no substitution was
made for about two-thirds of the deleted ataractic medications. The authors
conclide that most physicans regard ataractics as unique and do not use
them interchangeably with the other drugs.
