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PREDICTORS OF INCREASED ALCOHOL AND SEDATIVES/HYPNOTICS USE AMONG YOUNG ADULT LESBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A FOUR-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY [PDF]

Int J Neuropsychopharmacol
Jia‐In Lee, Cheng‐Fang Yen
europepmc   +2 more sources

Consequences of Opioid Abuse and their Treatments in Persian Medicine: A Review Study [PDF]

Addiction and Health, 2020
Background: Drug addiction is a major health problem for modern human communities. The earliest historicalevidence of opium use can be found in the writings of Theophrastus in the 3rd century BC.
Mohadese Kamali, Haleh Tajadini, Mehrzad Mehrabani, Masoud Moghadari   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Letters to the Editor Concerning the Article: Alexandre Oliveira Ferreira, Andrea Riphaus. Propofol to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening in Portugal. Acta Med Port 2014;27:541-42.

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2014
Keywords: Colorectal Neoplasms; Hypnotics and Sedatives; Propofol; Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; Colonoscopy.
Douglas K. Rex
doaj   +3 more sources

Hypnotics and Risk of Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies

Medicina, 2020
Background and objectives: The association between hypnotic drugs and risk of cancer remains controversial. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis to investigate this association.
Tzu-Rong Peng, Li-Jou Yang, Ta-Wei Wu, You-Chen Chao   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Losing a child to adolescent cancer: A register‐based cohort study of psychotropic medication use in bereaved parents

Cancer Medicine, 2023
Purpose To investigate the short‐ and long‐term risk of psychotropic medication use in parents who lose a child to cancer diagnosed in adolescence. Methods This is a Swedish nationwide register‐based study including 184 bereaved mothers and 184 bereaved ...
Emma Hovén, Lisa Ljungman, Josefin Sveen, Charlotte Skoglund, Gustaf Ljungman, Rickard Ljung, Anna Wikman   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The influence of drug use on fall incidents among nursing home residents: A systematic review [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Falls are a major health problem among the elderly, particularly in nursing homes. Abnormalities of balance and gait, psychoactive drug use, and dementia have been shown to contribute to fall risk. Methods: We conducted a systematic review of
Beeck, E.F. (Ed) van, Cammen, T.J.M. (Tischa) van der, Sterke, C.S. (Carolyn), Verhagen, A.P. (Arianne)   +3 more
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Benzodiazepine use in Sao Paulo, Brazil [PDF]

Clinics, 2020
OBJECTIVES: To report the prevalence and factors associated with the use of benzodiazepines in the general population and those with a mental health condition in the metropolitan area of São Paulo, Brazil.
Angela Maria Campanha, Beatriz Ravagnani, Igor André Milhorança, Márcio Antonini Bernik, Maria Carmen Viana, Yuan-Pang Wang, Laura Helena Andrade   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Association between Sleep Problems, Sleep Medication Use, and Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Results from the Health and Retirement Study 2010 [PDF]

, 2016
Background. Very few studies have assessed the impact of poor sleep and sleep medication use on the risk of falls among community-dwelling older adults. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between sleep problems, sleep medication ...
Min, Yaena, Nadpara, Pramit A., Slattum, Patricia W.   +2 more
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Nonmedical prescription drug use of analgesics and sedatives/hypnotics in Taiwan: Results from the 2014 National Survey of Substance Use

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2019
Nonmedical prescription drug use (NMPDU) has become a major public health issue but little is known in Asian populations. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and correlates of NMPDU in Taiwan.
Lian-Yu Chen, Yi-Lung Chen, Wen-Ing Tsay, Shang-Chi Wu, Yen-Tyng Chen, Po-Chang Hsiao, Ya-Hui Yu, Te-Tien Ting, Chuan-Yu Chen, Yu-Kang Tu, Jiun-Hau Huang, Hao-Jan Yang, Chung-Yi Li, Carol Strong, Cheng-Fang Yen, Chia-Feng Yen, Jui Hsu, Wei J. Chen   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation and Management of Sleep Disorders in the Hand Surgery Patient. [PDF]

, 2016
Despite posing a significant public health threat, sleep disorders remain poorly understood and often underdiagnosed and mismanaged. Although sleep disorders are seemingly unrelated, hand surgeons should be mindful of these because numerous conditions of
Gaspar, Michael P., Gaspar, Patrick S., Jacoby, Sidney M., Kane, Patrick M., Osterman, A. Lee   +4 more
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