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CHLORBUTOL TOXICITY AND DEPENDENCE
Author(s) -
Borody Thomas,
Chinwah Peter M.,
Graham Garry G.,
Wade Denis N.,
Williams Kenneth M.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1979.tb112109.x
Subject(s) - toxicity , sedative , medicine , pharmacology
A case of chlorbutol toxicity and dependence is presented. A very long elimination half‐life (13.2 days) was found in the patient. The data suggest that chlorbutol is an unsuitable sedative to be available freely to the public.