NASAL OR SPHENOPALATINE NEUROSIS

Nutcracker, neurosis, or sampling bias?

Sphenopalatine ganglion block before removal of nasal packing.

INTR.oDUCTIoN repositioned. Either side of greater palatine canals was injected Removal of nasal packing is the most distressing with 2 to 3 mL of 1% Xylocaine solution, 5 minutes before removal event for most patients undergoing some nasal operations. of nasal packing, and the other side was used as control. o n This process takes little time, but there is no doubt that a average, unilateral n...

"Experimental neurosis" in cats: fact or artifact?

In an attempt to assess the validity of the phenomenon of "animal neurosis," the behavior of cats exposed to the type of conflict Masserman specified as being critical to the development of "experimental neurosis" was contrasted with that of cats simply confined in the conditioning apparatus for the same length of time. Comparison of the groups on the basis of the "symptoms" Masserman considere...

Institutional Neurosis

Clobazam Single or Divided Dose against Diazepam in Anxiety Neurosis

One-hundred-and-fifteen patients diagnosed as anxiety neurotics randomly received in a double blind study 20 mg clobazam (Frisium) as a single nightly dose (37 patients) or 10 mg b.d. (38 patients) or diazepam 5 mg b.d. (40 patients) for six weeks, followed by two weeks on placebo. Both the single and divided doses of clobazam were therapeutically equivalent to diazepam. After drug withdrawal, ...