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Social Listening of Benzodiazepines Abuse and Misuse
Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and HealthIntroduction: Benzodiazepines are Class C drugs that can act as anxiolytics, hypnotics, sedatives, and muscle relaxants. Over the decade, benzodiazepine misuse has proliferated with increasing numbers of newly emerging benzodiazepines.
A. Guirguis
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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
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Identifying and preventing health problems among young drug-misusing offenders [PDF]
, 2013 Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the health problems and treatment needs of drug-misusing offenders and to draw out the implications of the findings for health education and prevention.
Judith Aldridge +2 more
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British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.Aims Globally, Australia has the highest per capita consumption rate of pregabalin, commonly prescribed for neuropathic pain. Emerging evidence suggests pregabalin may be associated with the onset or recurrence of several potentially life‐threatening psychiatric events in some individuals.
Amy G. McNeilage +4 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 BackgroundContrary to most European guidelines, benzodiazepine receptor agonists (BZRA) are often used continuously at a low dosage, being the most common form of long-term use.
Kristien Coteur +5 more
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Concomitant medication use and clinical outcome of repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) treatment of Major Depressive Disorder. [PDF]
, 2019 BackgroundRepetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) is commonly administered to Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) patients taking psychotropic medications, yet the effects on treatment outcomes remain unknown.
Chawla, Shweta A +7 more
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British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.Aims Spontaneous reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADR) after a product has reached the market is essential for drug safety. This study analysed patient ADR reports and compared them with reports from the Japanese Adverse Drug Event Report (JADER) database to identify differences and trends.
Masami Tsuchiya +5 more
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Former heroin-dependent alcohol use disorder patients. prevalence, addiction history and clinical features [PDF]
, 2015 Aims: To examine the prevalence of former heroin dependence (FHA) in Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) patients; to compare the clinical characteristics of FHA-AUD patients versus AUD patients without any past use of heroin at alcohol treatment entry; to ...
Ceccanti, Mauro +3 more
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The role of biotransformation processes in mediating interactions between psychotropic drugs and natural products [PDF]
, 2020 Many patients are not aware that natural products such as fruit juices or plant infusions can cause significant interactions with several drugs, some of which can be dangerous, especially when the medical treatment is for neurological or psychiatric ...
Bacinschi, Nicolae +6 more
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Psychoactive prescription drug use and misuse in patients on opioid agonist treatment
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.Aims To identify the patterns and trends in prescription drug use and misuse in patients on opioid agonist treatment. Methods We used data from the OPPIDUM programme, which collects data from patients attending substance abuse treatment facilities. Data collected include use of psychoactive prescription drugs in the past week.
Thomas Soeiro +5 more
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