PARADOXICAL REACTION TO A NEW MINOR TRANQUILLIZER
@article{Goldney1977PARADOXICALRT,
title={PARADOXICAL REACTION TO A NEW MINOR TRANQUILLIZER},
author={Robert D Goldney},
journal={Medical Journal of Australia},
year={1977},
volume={1}
}This case report demonstrates that paradoxical reactions to the benzodiazepine class of minor tranquillizer can occur, and that lorazepam, a new derivative, is not free from this effect. It also lends support to the hypothesis that such reactions may be precipitated by a frustrating stimulus, and this has clinical relevance in that such precipitants may well be similar to those situations producing anxiety for which the drug had been prescribed.
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