Clonazepam in the treatment of panic disorder and agoraphobia: a one-year follow-up.
Fifty patients with panic disorder or agoraphobia with panic attacks with treated with clonazepam, a high potency benzodiazepine. The authors report on the outcome of these patients after an average follow-up interval of 1 year, suggesting that clonazepam is a safe, effective, and easy to administer medication in a relatively treatment-refractory population of nondepressed patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000379:Agoraphobia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002998:Clonazepam / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005239:Fear / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010200:Panic / Q000187:drug effects*; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*
D002998:Clonazepam