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Older adults and withdrawal from benzodiazepine hypnotics in general practice: effects on cognitive function, sleep, mood and quality of life [PDF]

, 2003
Background: Older adults are the main recipients of repeat prescriptions for benzodiazepine (BZD) hypnotics. BZDs can impair cognitive function and may not aid sleep when taken continuously for years.
Collins, R., Curran, H.V., Fletcher, S., Iliffe, S., Kee, S.C.Y., Woods, B.   +5 more
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Cognitive Status in People With Epilepsy in the Republic of Guinea: A Prospective, Case–Control Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective People with epilepsy (PWE) may experience cognitive deficits but fail to undergo formal evaluation. This study compares cognitive status between PWE and healthy controls in the West African Republic of Guinea. Methods A cross‐sectional, case–control study was conducted in sequential recruitment phases (July 2024–July 2025) at Ignace ...
Maya L. Mastick, Cheick O. Soumah, Malé Doré, Oumar Mara, Desiré Neldje, Fodé A. Cissé, Toure M. Lamine, Aminata Diallo, Seungwon Lee, Siddharth Satish, Alexander J. X. Chen, Alice Liu, Nomin Enkhtsetseg, Farrah J. Mateen, The Guinea Epilepsy Project   +14 more
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Prediction of Drug–Drug Interactions Between Opioids and Overdosed Benzodiazepines Using Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Modeling and Simulation

Drugs in R&D, 2019
Background Researchers have long been interested in the potential drug–drug interactions (DDIs) between opioids and benzodiazepines. However, much remains unknown concerning the interactions between these two drug classes.
Beihong Ji, Shuhan Liu, Ying Xue, Xibing He, Viet Hoang Man, Xiang-Qun Xie, Junmei Wang   +6 more
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Case report on antipsychotic induced catatonia in an incarcerated patient

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
Antipsychotic-induced catatonia is an iatrogenic and debilitating adverse reaction, but there is a dearth of recent documented cases. This report describes a 35-year-old incarcerated Korean-American male with a history of unspecified psychosis who ...
Han Nguyen, Ruslana Cannell, Suman Rollakanti, Johanna Rosenthal, Johanna Rosenthal, David Seigler, David Seigler   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Metformin, Sulfonylureas, or Other Antidiabetes Drugs and the Risk of Lactic Acidosis or Hypoglycemia [PDF]

, 2011
OBJECTIVE: Lactic acidosis has been associated with use of metformin. Hypoglycemia is a major concern using sulfonylureas. The aim of this study was to compare the risk of lactic acidosis and hypoglycemia among patients with type 2 diabetes using oral ...
Bodmer, Michael, Jick, Susan S., Krähenbühl, Stephan, Meier, Christian, Meier, Christoph R.   +4 more
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Esketamine/Ketamine: Dual‐Action Mechanisms and Clinical Prospects beyond Anesthesia in Psychiatry, Immunology, and Oncology

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Esketamine and ketamine are widely used for perioperative analgesia and anesthesia. Despite their established roles in analgesia, sedation, and anesthesia, as well as emerging antidepressant, anti‐tumor, and anti‐inflammatory effects, their clinical use is limited due to side effects and addiction potential.
Yinxin Wang, Jiangang Xu, Xinyu Zhou, Lu Che, Minghan Qiu, Yang Liu, Ming Gao, Zhen Yang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trends in long-term prescribing of dependence forming medicines [PDF]

, 2019
Using patient-level primary care data to estimate the extent to which antidepressant medicines are prescribed to people continuously for long periods of time.
McManus, S., Nguyen, A., Sehmi, R., Smith, N.   +3 more
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Schizophrenia Genetics Modulates Clinical Depressive Features

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Schizophrenia (SCZ) genetic liability, quantified by polygenic scores (PGS), may influence clinical phenotypes in major depressive disorder (MDD). We investigated the effect of the SCZ‐PGS derived from the latest SCZ genome‐wide association study (GWAS) on MDD symptom severity, comorbidities, and treatment outcomes.
Alessandro Serretti, Daniel Souery, Siegfried Kasper, Joseph Zohar, Stuart Montgomery, Panagiotis Ferentinos, Dan Rujescu, Raffaele Ferri, Giuseppe Fanelli, Chiara Fabbri, Raffaella Zanardi, Francesco Benedetti, Bernhard T. Baune, Julien Mendlewicz   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Benzodiazepine abuse among the elderly

Journal of Geriatric Mental Health, 2016
Benzodiazepines belong to the hypnotic-sedative class of drugs which have anxiolytic, sedative, and hypnotic properties. These drugs have been in clinical use for at least half a century.
Shalini Singh, Siddharth Sarkar
doaj   +1 more source

Intramolecular Azide to Alkene Cycloadditions for the Construction of Pyrrolobenzodiazepines and Azetidino-Benzodiazepines [PDF]

, 2014
The coupling of proline- and azetidinone-substituted alkenes to 2-azidobenzoic and 2-azidobenzenesulfonic acid gives precursors that undergo intramolecular azide to alkene 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions to give imine-, triazoline- or aziridine-containing ...
Antonow, Broggini, Christopher Chambers, Faisal Jamshaid, Karl Hemming, Mitra, Patel, Paul O'Gorman, Rahman, Thurston   +9 more
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