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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European Psychiatry, 2023 Introduction Benzodiazepines are the most widely prescribed drugs worldwide for insomnia and anxiety disorders. However, few studies have been conducted on the professional practice of these drugs for patients with psychiatric disorders .
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Symptomatic treatment of children with anti-NMDAR encephalitis. [PDF]
, 2016 AIM: We performed the first study on the perceived benefit and adverse effects of symptomatic management in children with anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis.
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Trends in continuous deep sedation until death between 2007 and 2013 : a repeated nationwide survey [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Continuous deep sedation until death is a highly debated medical practice, particularly regarding its potential to hasten death and its proper use in end-of-life care.
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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
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Clinical considerations in transitioning patients with epilepsy from clonazepam to clobazam: a case series. [PDF]
, 2014 IntroductionIn treating refractory epilepsy, many clinicians are interested in methods used to transition patients receiving clonazepam to clobazam to maintain or increase seizure control, improve tolerability of patients' overall drug therapy regimens ...
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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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The use of a quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) model to predict GABA-A receptor binding of newly emerging benzodiazepines [PDF]
, 2018 The illicit market for new psychoactive substances is forever expanding. Benzodiazepines and their derivatives are one of a number of groups of these substances and thus far their number has grown year upon year.
Haegeman, Caroline +4 more
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TREC-Rio trial: a randomised controlled trial for rapid tranquillisation for agitated patients in emergency psychiatric rooms [ISRCTN44153243] [PDF]
, 2002 Agitated or violent patients constitute 10% of all emergency psychiatric treatment. Management guidelines, the preferred treatment of clinicians and clinical practice all differ.
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Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain
Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
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