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Rest‐activity rhythm phenotypes in adults with epilepsy and intellectual disability

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Rest‐activity rhythms (RARs) are perturbed in many forms of neuropsychiatric illness. In this study, we applied wrist actigraphy to describe RAR perturbations in intellectually disabled adults with epilepsy (“E + ID”), using a cross‐sectional case–control design.
Nandani Adhyapak, Grace E. Cardenas, Mark A. Abboud, Vaishnav Krishnan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Concomitant Administration of Alprazolam and Ibuprofen in Acute Migraine Headache

Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Bābul, 2011
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Migraine is a chronic neurological disorder and it leads patients to avoid any kind of activity. Since different factors are involved in migraine incidence and its triggers, a wide variety of drugs are used to prevent or treat ...
M Baradaran, A M, Ahmadi Ahangar, F Teymourian, F Alinezhad, AA Moghadamnia   +4 more
doaj  

Perampanel as a second‐line therapy to midazolam reduces soman‐induced status epilepticus and neurodegeneration in rats

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective A benzodiazepine (diazepam or midazolam) is one of the current standards of care therapies to effectively terminate organophosphorus nerve agent‐induced status epilepticus when administered shortly after onset. Preclinical studies showed that benzodiazepines were less effective in stopping status epilepticus when treatment was ...
Hailey G. Steier, Caroline R. Schultz, Jerome Niquet, Donna A. Nguyen, Michael F. Stone, Abiel K. Biney, Marcio de Araujo Furtado, Claude G. Wasterlain, Lucille A. Lumley   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Baclofen but Not Diazepam Alleviates Alcohol-Seeking Behavior and Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis Dysfunction in Stressed Withdrawn Mice

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2019
This study compares the impact of repeated injections of baclofen (an agonist of GABAB receptors) or diazepam (a benzodiazepine having an agonist action on GABAA receptors) given during the alcohol-withdrawal period on the stress-induced restoration of ...
Yolaine Rabat, Nadia Henkous, Marc Corio, Xavier Nogues, Daniel Beracochea   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Establishing gold standard approaches to rapid tranquillisation: a review and discussion of the evidence on the safety and efficacy of medications currently used [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Rapid tranquillisation is used when control of agitation, aggression or excitement is required. Throughout the UK there is no consensus over the choice of drugs to be used as first line treatment.
Branford, David, Chandler-Oatts, Jacqueline, Johnston, Susan, Nelstrop, Louise, Pereira, Stephen M., Pratt, J. Peter   +5 more
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Social Listening of Benzodiazepines Abuse and Misuse

Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health
Introduction: Benzodiazepines are Class C drugs that can act as anxiolytics, hypnotics, sedatives, and muscle relaxants. Over the decade, benzodiazepine misuse has proliferated with increasing numbers of newly emerging benzodiazepines.
A. Guirguis
doaj  

Sedation for Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Procedures in the Elderly: Getting Safer but Still Not Nearly Safe Enough [PDF]

, 2006
Previously published UK reports showed that excessively large doses of benzodiazepines and opiates were being commonly used to sedate elderly patients for gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy. This unsafe practice has lead to avoidable morbidity and mortality.
Bell, G. D., Bowles, J, De La Iglesia, Beatriz, Gray, A, Lord, David, Quine, A, Rayward-Smith, Vic, Reynolds, Alan, Romaya, C   +8 more
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Benzodiazepines [PDF]

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 2014
Paul, Howard, Robert, Twycross, John, Shuster, Mary, Mihalyo, Andrew, Wilcock   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Median effective dosage of midazolam oral solution for preschool children in preoperative sedation

Ibrain, EarlyView.
This study aimed to detect median effective dosage (ED50) of midazolam oral solution (MOS) for preschool children in preoperative sedation. Thirty children who were scheduled for elective of the hidden penis correction surgery under general anesthesia in the pediatric surgery department were selected.
Rui Jiang, De‐Chuan Wang, Nan Zhao, Ke An, Yi‐Nan Zhang, Zhao‐Qiong Zhu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alcohol Withdrawal – Therapeutical Management in Surgical Patients with Upper Intestinal Bleeding [PDF]

, 2015
Psychological dependence involves a desire to use a drug to avoid the unpleasant withdrawal syndrome that results from cessation of exposure to it. Alcohol withdrawal syndrome is one of the most feared complications of alcohol addiction and sometimes can
Bogdan, Popescu, Cristian, Bălălău, Denisa, Cobani Oana, Gloria, Trambitasu, Negrei, Carolina, Valentin, Scăunașu Răzvan   +5 more
core   +3 more sources