Hypnotics and injuries among older adults with Parkinson’s disease: a nested case–control design
BMC Geriatrics, 2023 Background Patients with Parkinson’s disease often experience sleep disorders. Hypnotics increase the risk of adverse events, such as injuries due to falls.
Takako Fujita +4 more
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The Use of Benzodiazepines in the Elderly Population: Epidemiology, Risks and Withdrawal Management [PDF]
Eurasian Journal of Family MedicineBenzodiazepines remain one of the most commonly prescribed medications. Approximately 9% of adults in the United States aged 65 years or above are benzodiazepine users.
Zuzanna Hertz, Szymon Barczak
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Legal and illegal drug use among female sex workers in bar and club prostitution in Belgium: a quantitative and qualitative study [PDF]
, 2013 Aims: This study describes the amounts and effects of drug use in bar and club sex work, and the use of healthcare for the drug-related needs of sex workers (SW). Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in Belgium.
Decorte, Tom +4 more
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 Introduction: The risk of mortality associated with the co-prescribing of benzodiazepines and opioids has been explored in a number of papers mainly focusing on strong opioids. The mortality risk associated with the use of weak opioids has not been dealt
Kristjan Linnet +6 more
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Recent Trends in Metabolomics by NMR Spectroscopy
Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.AI tools were applied to analyze more than 5 000 publications indexed in Scopus (2018–2025), identifying key trends and research directions in NMR‐based metabolomics. The artificial intelligence‐assisted workflow classified papers into six main fields of application, human health, food and nutrition, veterinary science, plants, environment, and ...
Giorgio Di Paco +6 more
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The 10-word learning task in the differential diagnosis of early Alzheimer's disease and elderly depression: a cross-sectional pilot study [PDF]
, 2010 Objectives: Identification of early Alzheimer's disease (AD) has become very important. Episodic memory tasks appear to have predictive power for indicating early AD. Deficits in encoding and storage processes that are characteristic of AD, however, must
D'Haenens, Ellen +6 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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Palliative care for people with non-malignant lung disease: summary of current evidence and future direction [PDF]
, 2013 Background: The physical and psychosocial needs of patients with chronic non-malignant lung disease are comparable to those with lung cancer. This article will focus on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, interstitial lung disease and cystic fibrosis ...
Boland, Jason +5 more
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Realising the therapeutic potential of neuroactive steroid modulators of the GABAA receptor [PDF]
, 2020 In the 1980s particular endogenous metabolites of progesterone and of deoxycorticosterone were revealed to be potent, efficacious, positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) of the GABAA receptor (GABAAR).
Belelli, Delia +3 more
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Heroin Adulterated with the Novel Synthetic Cannabinoid, 5F-MDMB-PINACA: A Case Series [PDF]
, 2020 Introduction: Heroin can be adulterated with various substances that may or may not have pharmacological effects. Here we report a case series of 8 patients who presented to the emergency department after overdose with intravenous heroin preparation ...
Arnold, Ryan +5 more
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