PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED  - ,
TI  - Diazepam for epilepsy
AID  - 10.1136/dtb.9.22.87
DP  - 1971 Oct 22
TA  - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
PG  - 87--88
VI  - 9
IP  - 22
4099  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/9/22/87.short
4100  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/9/22/87.full
SO  - Drug Ther Bull1971 Oct 22; 9
AB  - Apart from its properties as a sedative or tranquilliser diazepam (Valium) is also an anticonvulsant. It seems especially useful as an alternative to phenytoin and paraldehyde1 in status epilepticus.