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Between prescription and deprescription: a qualitative study on the trajectory and challenges in the use of benzodiazepines among older adults. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Pharmacol
Carvalho Junior SJE   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Off‐Label Initiation of Gabapentin and Valproic Acid Among Long‐Stay Nursing Home Residents With and Without Dementia

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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView.
Lauren B. Gerlach   +6 more
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Benzodiazepines:

Advances in Alcohol & Substance Abuse, 1990
The benzodiazepines were first introduced in 1960. Chlordiazepoxide (Librium) was the first of the class of drugs called benzodiazepines, in a deliberate attempt to synthesize a tranquilizer without the sedative properties and abuse, addiction, tolerance, and dependence potential of the barbiturates, and other sedative/hypnotic drugs. The popularity of
N S, Miller, M S, Gold
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BENZODIAZEPINES

International Anesthesiology Clinics, 1988
The structure of the GABAA receptor, through which GABA--the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian CNS--produces its major synaptic effects, has recently been identified. The GABAA receptor is a member of a family of receptor-operated ion channels to which the nicotinic cholinergic receptor-cation channel and the glycine receptor-anion ...
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Benzodiazepine dependence

Journal of Affective Disorders, 1987
Benzodiazepines (BDPs) are widely used drugs that are effective in controlling the symptoms of anxiety. Tolerance develops rapidly to some of the effects but not to anxiolytic effect in most patients. Dependence occurs at usual therapeutic doses and in a small proportion of patients is accompanied by an enormous increase in the dose taken. The majority
R P, Swinson, J C, Pecknold, M E, Kirby
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Snorting Benzodiazepines

The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 1991
Two cases of intranasal benzodiazepine use are presented. The methods of preparation and administration of the powder and accounts of the pharmacological effects of the drugs used are described. The pattern of development and progress of the habit and its associated features are delineated.
M F, Sheehan   +4 more
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Benzodiazepine problems

British Journal of Addiction, 1991
AbstractBenzodiazepines present problems related to both unwanted and withdrawal effects. Dosage adjustments usually obviate unwanted effects except for paradoxical reactions such as hostility. Patients with apparent benzodiazepine dependence need careful assessment with respect to personality, social situation and psychiatric disorder.
M, Lader, S, Morton
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Benzodiazepines in Pregnancy

Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2019
Benzodiazepine use and dependence are on the rise as well as the number of deaths attributable to the combination of opioids and benzodiazepines. Anxiety, the most frequent condition for which benzodiazepines are prescribed, occurs commonly, and is increasingly noted to coincide with pregnancy.
Jaye M, Shyken   +3 more
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The Benzodiazepine Story

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 1978
(1983). The Benzodiazepine Story. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs: Vol. 15, The Benzodiazepines. Two Decades of Research and Clinical Experience, pp. 15-17.
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Benzodiazepine Dependence

British Journal of Addiction, 1981
SummaryBenzodiazepines, the most widely used of all drugs, are powerful anxiolytics, anticonvulsants and muscle relaxants. Dependence is difficult to induce in animals but has been induced by high doses in man. Case reports of benzodiazepine dependence are rare compared with the usage of these drugs, but do not provide a proper epidemiological ...
H, Petursson, M H, Lader
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