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Report of Cases

David S. Viscott, MD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1968;19(3):370-376.

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If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumbered here, While these visions did appear And this weak and idle theme, No more yielding than a dream . . .

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

A Midsummer Night's Dream

DISTURBANCES in sleep and dreaming have been widely reported as side effects of chlordiazepoxide hydrochloride (Librium). Vivid dreams were reported by Toll¹ as early as 1960 as one of the side effects of the new drug which was seen as a potentially useful adjunct to psychotherapy. In another of the early studies, Stanfield² reported nightmares in some of his patients receiving the drug. Moore³ found that 16% of the 100 patients in his clinical trials noted excessive dreaming. Maggs and Neville⁴ reported three cases of recurrent dreams in patients receiving chlordiazepoxide. At the time of this writing, it is a common precaution which supervisors . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Boston

From the Boston University School of Medicine, Boston.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Jan 21, 1968.

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