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What is a paradoxical effect?
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Paradoxical effect: is an effect of medical treatment, usually a medication, opposite to the effect which would normally be expected. Some patients may react to benzodiazepines by showing irritability, increased excitement, aggression and hostility. When this occurs, this behavior is referred to as paradoxical effect.
Answered 10/11/2014
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A persaon with a paradoxical reaction to benzos., are they isolated/freak incidences or does it happen everytime that person takes the same benzo?
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I'm not an addict but benzos never work to calm me even in high doses. Nor is it paradoxical reactions. The same for everyone else i ask. Why is that?
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