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Persistent neuropathy following chronic use of glutethimide
Author(s) -
Nover Robert
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.941
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1532-6535
pISSN - 0009-9236
DOI - 10.1002/cpt196782283
Subject(s) - glutethimide , medicine , drug , drug withdrawal , psychiatry , anesthesia
Glutethimide (Doriden) is one of the widely prescribed nonbarbiturate hypnotics in the United States. A recent case of a patient in a psychiatric hospital who abused the use of glutethimide gave evidence of sensory neuropathy which persisted after withdrawal of the drug.