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Is there a way to curb benzodiazepine addiction?
Swiss Medical Weekly, 2011 Benzodiazepines are widely prescribed drugs used to treat anxiety and insomnia, induce muscle relaxation, control epileptic seizures, promote anaesthesia or produce amnesia. Benzodiazepines are also abused for recreational purposes and the number of
AL Lalive, U Rudolph, C Lüscher, KR Tan
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Retrospective Study of Midazolam Protocol for Prehospital Behavioral Emergencies [PDF]
, 2020 Introduction: Agitated patients in the prehospital setting pose challenges for both patient care and emergency medical services (EMS) provider safety. Midazolam is frequently used to control agitation in the emergency department setting; however, limited
Huebinger, Ryan M. +7 more
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Medicine reviews: do they reduce benzodiazepine use in older Australians?
Public Health Research & Practice, 2021 Objectives: Medicine reviews are an opportunity to identify and address inappropriate prescribing. The aim of this study was to explore changes in benzodiazepine use among older Australians following a medicine review.
Leo A Coleman +4 more
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Epilepsia Open, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Growing concerns over rigor and reproducibility of preclinical studies, including consistency across laboratories and translation to clinical populations, have triggered efforts to harmonize methodologies. This includes the first set of preclinical common data elements (CDEs) for epilepsy research studies, as well as Case Report Forms (CRFs ...
Lisa Coles +9 more
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A Study on Comparison of Two Benzodiazepines in Treatment of Alcohol Dependence Syndrome in Nepal
Journal of Nobel Medical College, 2022 Background: Benzodiazepines are regularly prescribed to treat patients in alcoholic withdrawal. After analyzing pharmacology of benzodiazepines, diazepam is faster metabolized and concentrated in the liver, as an active metabolite whereas lorazepam is ...
Vijay Kaul +3 more
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Deprescribing zolpidem reduces falls and fractures in patients with cirrhosis
JHEP Reports, 2022 Background & Aims: Benzodiazepines are associated with an increased risk of harm in patients with cirrhosis. However, stopping benzodiazepines must be done with care to avoid withdrawal or other unintended consequences. The impact of deprescribing on
Elliot B. Tapper +3 more
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2018 Background: Benzodiazepines are driving-impairing medicines (DIM). This study presents current consumption of dispensed benzodiazepines in the Spanish general population, with a focus in pattern of use and concomitant medicines consumed with.Methods: A ...
Francisco Herrera-Gómez +5 more
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General overview on sleep medication [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Neurology, 2018 There are many medications that cross the blood-brain barrier affecting the central nervous system and converting the normal patterns of sleep and wakefulness. Some drugs are used to treat special sleep disorders, but others can induce sleep disorders (e.
Floriana Boghez, Ioana Mindruta
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Clinical Case Reports, 2022 We report a case of concurrent ingestion of Clonazepam and Amlodipine in a 25‐year‐old man, in a second attempt to take his life, which resulted in unconsciousness, hypotension, and hypokalemia.
Swotantra Gautam +3 more
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Drugs increase the risk of suicide in the elderly
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2022 The purpose of this paper is a systematic review of articles and research in the context of drugs used and suicide in elderly patients. Suicide in the elderly may be much more frequent than in the younger population.
Kornelia Kędziora-Kornatowska +6 more
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