Benzodiazepine withdrawal seizures: analysis of 48 case reports.

Abstract:

:Various reactions to benzodiazepine withdrawal have been widely described. Among these, seizures have occasionally occurred on abrupt withdrawal. Our own experience of 48 cases of seizures suspected to have been caused by benzodiazepine withdrawal and reported to the Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) Monitoring Center (1979-1985) showed that a great variety of benzodiazepines with different half-lives were involved, those most frequently implicated being the most widely prescribed. The occurrence of seizures was not always related to the interruption of long-term treatment (from a few days to greater than 7 years) nor to high-dose treatment, the range of dosages being usually close to that recommended. However, in some cases, several benzodiazepines had been taken simultaneously. The time between the last intake of the drug(s) and the occurrence of the seizures was shorter when a short-life benzodiazepine had been used. Additional factors were frequently involved; these factors were present in 29 cases and were multiple in nine of them. The incidence of withdrawal seizures was related more to the presence of these additional factors than to either the pharmacokinetics of the drugs or the pattern of treatment.

journal_name

Clin Neuropharmacol

authors

Fialip J,Aumaitre O,Eschalier A,Maradeix B,Dordain G,Lavarenne J

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1987-12-01 00:00:00

pages

538-44

issue

6

eissn

0362-5664

issn

1537-162X

journal_volume

10

pub_type

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