Medical practice without antianxiety drugs.
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.
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