Am J Psychiatry 1985; 142:114-116
Copyright © 1985 by American Psychiatric Association
A withdrawal syndrome after abrupt discontinuation of alprazolam
R Noyes Jr, J Clancy, WH Coryell, RR Crowe, DR Chaudhry and DV Domingo
A patient who received therapeutic doses of alprazolam for 8 weeks
experienced a withdrawal syndrome beginning 18 hours after its abrupt
discontinuation. Short-acting and minimally sedating benzodiazepines may
have increased potential for withdrawal reactions.