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Benzodiazepine prescribing patterns among Medicare providers, 2017 to 2023

Frontiers in Medicine
IntroductionTo 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, Alexis D. Ritvo, Bernard Silvernail, Peter R. Martin, Peter R. Martin   +4 more
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Benzodiazepine use in physicians: retrospective 5-year nationwide study in Taiwan

BJPsych Open
Background 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, Yin-Chieh Chuang, Hsuan-Ching Wang, Hei-Tung Yip, Cheng-Li Lin, Cynthia Wei-Sheng Lee   +5 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, Emanuele Nicolai, Carlo Cavaliere, Ferdinando Fiorino, Giovanna Esposito, Marco Salvatore   +5 more
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Influence of SSRI and SNRI co-prescription on benzodiazepine prescription trajectories

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports
Purpose: This study examined whether co-prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) or serotonin or norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRI)s with benzodiazepines is associated with differences in benzodiazepine prescriptions both ...
Kerry L. Kinney, Eliseu da Cruz Moreira-Junior, Laís F. Berro, Matthew C. Morris, James K. Rowlett   +4 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, Raffaele Giorgetti, Adriano Tagliabracci, Marilyn A. Huestis, Francesco Paolo Busardò   +4 more
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‘We need more support and doctors that understand the process of tapering …’: A content analysis of free‐text responses to a questionnaire on discontinuing long‐term benzodiazepine receptor agonist use

Health Expectations
Background Many individuals worldwide continue to take benzodiazepine receptor agonists (BZRAs) long term (≥3 months). The aim of this study was to conduct a content analysis of the views and experiences of discontinuing long‐term BZRA use as documented ...
Tom Lynch, Cristín Ryan, Christy Huff, D. E. Foster, Cathal Cadogan   +4 more
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New benzodiazepine and Z-hypnotic users and disability pension: an eight-year nationwide observational follow-up study

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, Trine Bjørner, Tor Skomedal   +2 more
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Continuous intravenous flumazenil infusion in a patient with chlordiazepoxide toxicity and hepatic encephalopathy

Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2015
Flumazenil, a benzodiazepine receptor antagonist, is the drug of choice for the diagnosis and treatment of benzodiazepine overdose. We are presenting a patient with chronic alcoholism and alcoholic liver disease, who came with alcohol withdrawal symptoms
Moh′d Al-Halawani, Parijat Sen, Yazan Abdeen, Hamid Shaaban, Allan J Klukowicz, Richard A Miller   +5 more
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Benzodiazepine Use Disorder Observed and Diagnosed in a Tertiary Care Pediatric Specialty Clinic: A Descriptive Retrospective Chart Review

BJPsych Open
Aims Objectives: In youth and young adults, it is common to encounter non-medical use of benzodiazepines, defined as use without a prescription or use for reasons other than that for which the medication is intended.
Alex Smithers, Laura Miller, Melanie MacInnis, Selene Etches   +3 more
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The Prevalence of Benzodiazepine Usage Among Cardiovascular Patients [PDF]

مجله علوم پزشکی صدرا
Introduction: Both benzodiazepines and cardiovascular disease independently increase dementia risk, while anxiety and other psychiatric disorders may exacerbate cardiovascular diseases.
Vahid Mohammadkarimi, Pariya Kouhi, Noushafarin Baziar, Javad Kojuri, Nazanin Hosseini, Reza Golchin Vafa, Mohammad Montaseri, Ebrahim Moghimi Sarani   +7 more
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