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The effects of prazosin on sleep disturbances in post-traumatic stress disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesSleep Medicine, 2019
Nightmares are a highly prevalent and distressing feature of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Previous studies have reached mixed conclusions regarding the effects of prazosin on nightmares, sleep quality and overall PTSD symptoms in patients with ...
Ye Zhang   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Management of scorpion envenoming: a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials

open access: yesSystematic Reviews, 2017
Background Scorpion stings cause an estimated 3000 deaths per annum worldwide. We conducted a systematic review of all controlled clinical trials related to scorpion sting management.
Chaturaka Rodrigo, Ariaranee Gnanathasan
doaj   +1 more source

Double-blind Randomized Clinical Trial of the α−1 Noradrenergic Antagonist Prazosin for Alcohol Use Disorder

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Psychiatry, 2018
Background: Current medications for alcohol use disorder do not target brain noradrenergic pathways. Theoretical and preclinical evidence suggest that noradrenergic circuits may be involved in alcohol reinforcement and relapse. Following a positive pilot
Tracy L. Simpson   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A randomized, placebo-controlled, clinical trial of prazosin for the treatment of alcohol use disorder

open access: yesJournal of addiction medicine, 2018
Objectives: The noradrenergic system plays an important role in the pathophysiology of alcohol use disorder (AUD). Medications in this class may reduce drinking. Our aims were to investigate this in a unique sample of individuals with AUD.
Claire E. Wilcox   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sleep disturbances and nightmares in a patient treated with prazosin [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Prazosin is increasingly being used off-label to treat nightmares in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder. The literature about the psychiatric adverse effects of prazosin is very limited.
KOSARI, Sam, NAUNTON, Mark
core   +1 more source

Prazosin during fear conditioning facilitates subsequent extinction in male C57Bl/6N mice

open access: yesPsychopharmacology, 2018
Recovery from a traumatic experience requires extinction of cue-based fear responses, a process that is impaired in post-traumatic stress disorder. While studies suggest a link between fear behavioral flexibility and noradrenaline signaling, the role of ...
E. Lucas   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Differential alpha1-adrenoceptor labeling by [3H]prazosin and [3H]tamsulosin [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
The radioligand binding properties of [3H]prazosin and [3H]tamsulosin at alpha1-adrenoceptors of several rat tissues, human prostate and cloned rat and human alpha1-adrenoceptor subtypes were compared in Tris/EDTA buffer unless otherwise indicated.
Goepel, M., Michel, M. C.
core   +1 more source

Use of Prazosin for Pediatric PTSD-Associated Nightmares and Sleep Disturbances: A Retrospective Chart Review

open access: yesNeurological Therapeutics, 2017
IntroductionYouth exposed to trauma have an increased risk for developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and associated sleep disturbances and nightmares. The alpha-1 antagonist prazosin reduces sleep disturbances and nightmares in adults with PTSD;
B. Keeshin   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prazosin-Conjugated Matrices Based on Biodegradable Polymers and α-Amino Acids—Synthesis, Characterization, and in Vitro Release Study

open access: yesMolecules, 2015
Novel and promising macromolecular conjugates of the α1-adrenergic blocker prazosin were directly synthesized by covalent incorporation of the drug to matrices composed of biodegradable polymers and α-amino acids for the development of a polymeric ...
Ewa Oledzka   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hypothalamic Control of Liver Health and Disease: From Circuits to Pathophysiology and Therapies

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This review delineates the hypothalamic circuits that control liver homeostasis via autonomic and neuroendocrine pathways. Dysregulation of this hypothalamus–liver axis drives disease progression across a spectrum including steatotic liver disease, liver inflammation and injury, fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma.
Qin Tang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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