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Diazepam in the Management of Epilepsy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

P. Goddard  and
V. G. Lokare
P. Goddard
Affiliation:
St. James' Hospital, Portsmouth
V. G. Lokare
Affiliation:
St. James' Hospital, Portsmouth
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A number of publications have appeared in the last few years advocating the use of diazepam in the treatment of status epilepticus (Boyer, 1966; Gordon, 1966; Lombroso, 1966; Parsonage and Norris, 1967). The long term therapeutic value of diazepam in epilepsy is not yet so widely reported. However, Lehmann and Ban (1968) showed that the excitement and hostility so commonly encountered in epileptic patients can be successfully and selectively controlled by diazepam. It was also revealed in this study that diazepam had definite anti-convulsant effects in a certain number of epileptic patients; one third (7 patients) also improved psychiatrically.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 117 , Issue 537 , August 1970 , pp. 213 - 214
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1970 

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