Indications: short-term treatment of anxiety and associated states.

Cautions: rebound or withdrawal symptoms following abrupt withdrawal; elderly patients; hepatic disease, renal impairment, obesity.

Contra-indications: myasthenia gravis, narrow angle glaucoma, severe hepatic or respiratory disease, sleep apnoea, pregnancy and breast-feeding.

Side Effects: Hypotension, palpitation, tachycardia; drowsiness, ataxia, dizziness, confusion, depression etc, rash, pruritis; nausea, vomiting, xerostomia; incontinence, decrease in libido; weakness, muscle spasm; blurred vision, depth perception decreased.

Dose: 3-18 mg daily in divided doses. Elderly patients half adult dose.

Max. (in hospitalized patients) 60 mg daily in divided doses.