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Withdrawal-induced delirium associated with a benzodiazepine switch: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2011 Introduction Introduced in the early 1960s, diazepam remains among the most frequently prescribed benzodiazepine-type sedatives and hypnotics. Patients with chronic use of short-acting benzodiazepines are frequently switched to diazepam because the ...
Bosshart Herbert
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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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Characteristics of patients who were able to switch from benzodiazepine hypnotics to lemborexant
SAGE Open Medicine, 2021 Objectives: There is little evidence of insomnia treatment, especially exit strategies for hypnotics. We examined on the characteristics of patients who were able to switch from benzodiazepine hypnotics to lemborexant.
Hidenobu Suzuki, Hiroyuki Hibino
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Socio-demographic and Clinical Profile of Patients with Substance Use Disorder at a Tertiary Care Centre in Vindhya Region: A Hospital-based Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022 Introduction: The rampant increase in substance use in India makes it a serious public health hazard, in consonance with the western trend. The upsurge of substance use is getting so alarming that the preventive strategies have become a matter of ...
Gyanendra Raghuvanshi +3 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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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021 Background Little is known about benzodiazepine and opioid-benzodiazepine co-dispensing patterns among pregnant women. Understanding these patterns is necessary to mitigate high-risk medication use during pregnancy.
Danya M. Qato, Aakash Bipin Gandhi
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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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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 Primary Care, 2022 Background Prescribing benzodiazepines to patients taking chronic opioid analgesic therapy increases risks of adverse events. In 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended avoidance of benzodiazepine prescribing concurrently with ...
Nancy V. Koch, Richard J. Butterfield
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Benzodiazepine prescribing patterns among Medicare providers, 2017 to 2023
Frontiers in MedicineIntroductionTo determine whether benzodiazepine (BZD) prescriptions in older adults (>65) generally adhere to the Beers Criteria of the American Geriatrics Society, and whether the likelihood of prescribing an average of > 30 days per beneficiary ...
Olivia Silvernail +4 more
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