“…As chlormezanone improved the ease of falling asleep as well as the quality of sleep, it had already been successfully prescribed as a hypnotic (Ghosh, 1983;Clift and Burns, 1982), in particular in cases of insomnia linked to rheumatologic disorders (Cohen, 1978) or anxiety (Warnock, 1978;Khan, 1979). Chlormezanone has also been used as a tranquilliser (Rickels et al, 1974;Donald et al, 1978). It proved to be as effective at the dosage of 800 mg as 40 mg of chlordiazepoxide, while having more marked sedative effects (Rickels et al, 1974).…”