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Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain
Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman +4 more
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BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2017 Background Conventional approaches for benzodiazepine tapering have their limitations. Anecdotal studies have shown that acupuncture is a potential treatment for facilitating successful benzodiazepine tapering.
Wing-Fai Yeung +9 more
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Fully Automated Synthesis of Novel TSPO PET Imaging Ligand [18F]Fluoroethyltemazepam
Molecules, 2021 Introduction: Benzodiazepines, including temazepam are described as TSPO antagonists. In fact, TSPO was initially described as a peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (PBR) with a secondary binding site for diazepam.
Dario Fiorenza +5 more
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Designer Benzodiazepines: A Review of Toxicology and Public Health Risks
Pharmaceuticals, 2021 The rising use of designer benzodiazepines (DBZD) is a cat-and-mouse game between organized crime and law enforcement. Non-prohibited benzodiazepines are introduced onto the global drug market and scheduled as rapidly as possible by international ...
Pietro Brunetti +4 more
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BMC Family Practice, 2009 Background Benzodiazepines are frequently prescribed to elderly patients' despite concerns about adverse effects leading to injurious falls. Previous studies have not investigated the extent to which patients with pre-existing risk factors for falls are ...
Sylvestre Marie-Pierre +4 more
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Benzodiazepine Use Before Conception and Risk of Ectopic Pregnancy
International Journal of Population Data Science, 2020 Introduction Ectopic pregnancy occurs in 1% to 2% of the all recognized pregnancies, yet half of women who have an ectopic pregnancy do not have any known risk factors.
Elizabeth Wall-Wieler +5 more
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Assessing the clinical utility of the severity dependence scale for benzodiazepine use disorder
South African Journal of Psychiatry, 2021 Background: Benzodiazepines are often used as a part of mental health pharmacological management; however, often when prescribed for extended periods, they increase the risk of benzodiazepine use disorder (BUD).
Karishma Lowton, Gaveeta Chiba
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Benzodiazepine use in physicians: retrospective 5-year nationwide study in Taiwan
BJPsych OpenBackground Benzodiazepine use among physicians is an important public health issue related to physicians’ well-being and patient safety. Aims This study aimed to evaluate the patterns and correlates of benzodiazepine use in physicians by comparing ...
Wan-Ju Cheng +5 more
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Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2017 Objective: To compare how newly initiated treatment with benzodiazepines, Z-hypnotics or both associates with the reception of disability pension among 40,661 individuals of a working age. Design: Prescription register study.
Ingunn F. Tvete +2 more
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The Prevalence of Benzodiazepine Usage Among Cardiovascular Patients [PDF]
مجله علوم پزشکی صدراIntroduction: Both benzodiazepines and cardiovascular disease independently increase dementia risk, while anxiety and other psychiatric disorders may exacerbate cardiovascular diseases.
Vahid Mohammadkarimi +7 more
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