Bayer A J, Bayer E M, Pathy M S, Stoker M J
Acta Psychiatr Scand Suppl. 1986;329:104-11. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1986.tb10544.x.
This study compared the hypnotic efficacy and the psychometric effects of treatment with either chlormethiazole or triazolam for 9 weeks in elderly patients with sleep disturbance. Chlormethiazole and triazolam were found to be similarly effective in short-term use. However, evidence of sustained hypnotic efficacy throughout the 9 weeks of treatment was obtained for chlormethiazole but not for triazolam. There were daytime withdrawal effects with triazolam, but none with chlormethiazole.
