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Older adults and withdrawal from benzodiazepine hypnotics in general practice: effects on cognitive function, sleep, mood and quality of life [PDF]

, 2003
Background: Older adults are the main recipients of repeat prescriptions for benzodiazepine (BZD) hypnotics. BZDs can impair cognitive function and may not aid sleep when taken continuously for years.
Collins, R., Curran, H.V., Fletcher, S., Iliffe, S., Kee, S.C.Y., Woods, B.   +5 more
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Optimization of Parallel Artificial Liquid Membrane Extraction for the Determination of Over 50 Psychoactive Substances in Oral Fluid Through UHPLC–MS/MS

Drug Testing and Analysis, EarlyView.
This study is related to the development of a microextraction method for the determination of 56 psychoactive substances in oral fluid. Sample clean‐up is obtained by parallel artificial liquid membrane extraction and analyzed by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry.
Martina Croce, Camilla Montesano, Ilenia Bracaglia, Francesco Bartolini, Marcello Mascini, Dario Compagnone, Manuel Sergi   +6 more
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Former heroin-dependent alcohol use disorder patients. prevalence, addiction history and clinical features [PDF]

, 2015
Aims: To examine the prevalence of former heroin dependence (FHA) in Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) patients; to compare the clinical characteristics of FHA-AUD patients versus AUD patients without any past use of heroin at alcohol treatment entry; to ...
Ceccanti, Mauro, Maremmani, Angelo Giovanni Icro, Maremmani, Icro, Pacini, Matteo   +3 more
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Infant Death due to Cannabis Ingestion

Drug Testing and Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A child died in the emergency room of a local hospital a few hours after ingesting a substance the color of cork and the consistency of earth. At home, a modest amount of resinous substance was found. At the hospital, the child exhibited alterations in walking, balance, and consciousness.
Donata Favretto, Antonello Cirnelli, Roberto Pertile, Raffaella Stimamiglio, Clara Cestonaro, Oriana Cuman, Anna Pagliaro, Fabio Mattiazzi, Cristina Basso, Maddalena Galeazzi   +9 more
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Identification of the Novel Synthetic Opioid N‐Pyrrolidino Isotonitazene at an Australian Drug Checking Service

Drug Testing and Analysis, EarlyView.
Close collaboration between an Australian drug checking service and an affiliated university laboratory identifies and characterises the novel synthetic opioid N‐pyrrolidino isotonitazene in an expected oxycodone sample presented by a member of the public.
Blake Curtis, Douglas J. Lawes, David Caldicott, Malcolm D. McLeod   +3 more
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Recommendations for benzodiazepine use and detoxification for patients in medication-assisted (substitution) treatment programmes for opioid addiction in the Republic of Slovenia

Zdravniški Vestnik, 2013
Benzodiazepines abuse in drug using population has become a large problem in many countries. The authors present the problem of use and misuse of benzodiazepines in drug using population in Slovenia and recommendations for prescribing benzodiazepines to ...
Andrej Kastelic, Nuša Šegrec
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Practical management of repeated life‐threatening status epilepticus in Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood: Case report and literature review

Epileptic Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood (AHC) is a severe channelopathy that manifests before 18 months of age, primarily caused by pathogenic variants in the ATP1A3 gene. It is characterized by recurrent and disabling episodes of plegia, dystonia, dysautonomia, along with chronic neurological features and cardiac arrhythmias. About 50%
Ramona Cordani, Livia Pisciotta, Michela Stagnaro, Maria Margherita Mancardi, Elisabetta Lampugnani, Luca Manfredini, Lino Nobili, Edvige Veneselli, Elisa De Grandis   +8 more
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Emprego da associação flunitrazepam/droperidol na tranqüilização de suínos Use of flunitrazepam ano droperidol for tranquilization of swines

Ciência Rural, 1995
Na presente pesquisa avaliou-se a associação flunitrazepam/droperidol na tranqüilização/sedação de 12 suínos da raça Landrace. Os animais foram divididos em dois grupos (GI e GII).
José António Marques, Fábio Celso Yoshida de Moraes, Luiz Carlos Marques, Francisco José Teixeira Neto   +3 more
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The emergence of new psychoactive substance (NPS) benzodiazepines: a review [PDF]

, 2017
The market for new psychoactive substances has increased markedly in recent years and there is now a steady stream of compounds appearing every year.
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Seminars in epileptology: How to diagnose status epilepticus in adults and children

Epileptic Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Status epilepticus (SE) can be regarded as the most severe expression of seizure activity characterized by a low probability of spontaneous cessation and mechanisms leading to metabolic and inflammatory derangements with increased risk of brain damage, alterations of neural networks, and potentially life‐threatening systemic complications ...
M. Leitinger, P. Bosque‐Varela, G. Kuchukhidze, U. Leitner, J. Höfler, G. Kalss, F. Rossini, G. Pilz, H. Novak, M. Mauritz, K. Poppert, A. Toma, E. Trinka   +12 more
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