Neuroendocrine effects of diazepam in panic and generalized anxiety disorders
Biological PsychiatryPublished 1 July 1991
Peter Roy‐Byrne, Deborah S. Cowley, Daniel W. Hommer, James Ritchie, David J. Greenblatt, Charles B. Nemeroff
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The adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), cortisol, and growth hormone responses to four consecutive, logarithmically increasing doses of intravenous diazepam compared with placebo given at 15-min intervals were examined in patients with panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and healthy controls.
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The adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), cortisol, and growth hormone responses to four consecutive, logarithmically increasing doses of intravenous diazepam compared with placebo given at 15-min intervals were examined in patients with panic disorder (n = 13), generalized anxiety disorder (n = 8), and healthy controls (n = 13). Diazepam caused dose-dependent decreases in cortisol and increases in GH and dose-independent decreases in ACTH. There were no patient-control differences, possibly due to either the small sample size of the experimental paradigm, which tested subjects in an upright, sitting position in mildly arousing circumstances.
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