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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, Dela Cruz, Maricel, Ershad, Muhammed, Hamilton, Richard, Khalid, Muhammad M., Mostafa, Ahmed   +5 more
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Patient, carer and healthcare professional perspectives on deprescribing in surgical wards: A mixed methods study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims The perspectives of patients and healthcare professionals regarding deprescribing in surgical wards within hospital settings are unknown. The aim of this study was to explore current practices, attitudes and the enablers and barriers to deprescribing in hospital for older surgical inpatients from the perspectives of doctors, pharmacists ...
Bonnie M. Liu, Janani Thillainadesan, Aili Langford, Kenji Fujita, Danijela Gnjidic, Sarah N. Hilmer   +5 more
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The efficacy of low and moderate dosage of diazepam on sleep bruxism in children: A randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2019
Background: Sleep bruxism (SB) in children is commonly a self-limited problem; however, therapy of the condition may be needed to improve sleep quality of parents and children. Benzodiazepines have some success in controlling adult bruxism. The objective
Seyyed-Nassereddin Mostafavi, Azadeh Jafari, Shervin Ghaffari Hoseini, Majid Khademian, Roya Kelishadi   +4 more
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Is the Long-Term Use of Benzodiazepines Associated With Worse Cognition Performance in Highly Educated Older Adults?

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020
Background: Benzodiazepines (BZD) are common medications for sedative, hypnotic, and anxiolytic that are especially prevalent in older adults. Previous studies have shown that BZD use could impair users' cognition, significantly affecting their quality ...
Linzi Liu, Peiying Jian, Yifang Zhou, Yifang Zhou, Jian Zhou, Linna Jia, Minghui Tang, Rongwei Zhang, Rongwei Zhang, Yanqing Tang, Yanqing Tang   +10 more
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Education Program using Non-Pharmacologic Support during Benzodiazepine Reduction in Patients with Anxiety Disorders [PDF]

, 2017
A private mental health clinic developed an initiative to aid patients with anxiety disorders to taper their use of benzodiazepines. Based on best practices, a treatment protocol was developed in which patients attended 4 sessions (1 per month) in which ...
Kearney, Kelly D, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC, Wardell, Diane, PhD, WHNP-BC   +1 more
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Medications, epilepsy and climate change: Added layers of complexity

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Climate change—the global crisis with pervasive health impacts—has adverse consequences for people with epilepsy (PWE) who have low quality of life due to poor seizure control, socioeconomic disadvantages and comorbidities. This review focuses on the potential effects of climate change on the pharmacological characteristics of antiseizure medications ...
Medine I. Gulcebi, Seyhmus Gavas, Sanjay M. Sisodiya   +2 more
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Withdrawal of benzodiazepines in the elderly inpatients: how to do it? [PDF]

, 2010
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Cankurtaran, Mustafa, Petrovic, Mirko
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The Five Factor Model of personality and evaluation of drug consumption risk

, 2017
The problem of evaluating an individual's risk of drug consumption and misuse is highly important. An online survey methodology was employed to collect data including Big Five personality traits (NEO-FFI-R), impulsivity (BIS-11), sensation seeking (ImpSS)
A. Terracciano, A.N. Gorban, A.N. Gorban, A.N. Kopstein, C.A. Ventura, D.N. Gujarati, D.W. Hosmer Jr, D.W. Scott, E.M. Mirkes, E.M. Mirkes, F. Bulut, G. Biau, G.P. McCabe, H.F. Kaiser, I.D. Dinov, J. Hoare, J.R. Quinlan, K. Pearson, K.L. Clarkson, L. Guttman, M. Linting, M. Zuckerman, M.J. Cleveland, M.S. Stanford, P.T. Costa, Q. Li, R. Beaglehole, R.A. Fisher, R.R. McCrae, S. Arlot, S. Russell, S. Valeroa, S.Y. Lee, T. Bogg, T. Hastie, T. Hastie, V. Egan, Y. Benjamini, Y. Koren   +38 more
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Alcohol consumption in heroin users, methadone-substituted and codeine-substituted patients - Frequency and correlates of use [PDF]

, 2003
This retrospective study aims to determine whether there is a difference in the additional consumption of alcohol between addicts treated with methadone or dihydrocodeine (DHC) and untreated addicts injecting heroin.
Backmund, Markus, Eichenlaub, Dieter, Meyer, Kirsten, Schütz, Christian G., Soyka, Michael   +4 more
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Contribution of Addictovigilance data to assess adverse‐events linked to psychoactive substances in children and adolescents

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims We sought to characterize adverse events and deaths associated with the use of psychoactive substances in children and adolescents. Methods Two French Addictovigilance databases were analysed: spontaneous reports and deaths over the period 2016–2021, in subjects aged 10–<18 years. An unsupervised classification was implemented on consumption data (
Hélène Peyrière, Anne Batisse, Nathalie Fouilhé Sam‐Laï, Amélie Daveluy, Christine Fournier‐Choma, Sylvie Deheul, Cécile Chevalier, Clémence Lacroix, Valérie Gibaja, Aurélie Aquizerate, Stéphanie Pain, Emilie Jouanjus, Marie‐Christine Picot, Erika Nogue   +13 more
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