Long-term effects of alprazolam on memory: a 3-5 year follow-up of agoraphobia/panic patients


Kilic C., Curran H., NOSHİRVANİ H., MARKS I. M., BAŞOĞLU M.

PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE, vol.29, no.1, pp.225-231, 1999 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 29 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 1999
  • Doi Number: 10.1017/s003329179800734x
  • Journal Name: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.225-231
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background. Benzodiazepines (BZs) can impair explicit memory after a single dose and also when taken repeatedly for treatment of anxiety disorders. A previous study with agoraphobia/panic patients found that the BZ alprazolam impaired memory during an 8-week treatment and residual impairments were still manifest several weeks after drug withdrawal (Curran et al. 1994). The present study followed up the same group of patients 3.5 years after treatment to determine whether those memory impairments persisted.