Benzodiazepines: uses, dangers, and clinical considerations

AN Edinoff, CA Nix, J Hollier, CE Sagrera… - Neurology …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Benzodiazepines (BZDs) are among one of the most widely prescribed drug classes in the
United States. BZDs are a class of psychoactive drugs known for their depressant effect on …

Tapering of SSRI treatment to mitigate withdrawal symptoms

MA Horowitz, D Taylor - The Lancet Psychiatry, 2019 - thelancet.com
All classes of drug that are prescribed to treat depression are associated with withdrawal
syndromes. SSRI withdrawal syndrome occurs often and can be severe, and might compel …

How addictive are gabapentin and pregabalin? A systematic review

U Bonnet, N Scherbaum - European neuropsychopharmacology, 2017 - Elsevier
In the last ten years, gabapentin and pregabalin have been becoming dispensed broadly
and sold on black markets, thereby, exposing millions to potential side-effects. Meanwhile …

A systematic review of interventions to deprescribe benzodiazepines and other hypnotics among older people

E Reeve, M Ong, A Wu, J Jansen, M Petrovic… - European journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose Benzodiazepines are effective medicines for insomnia and anxiety but are
commonly used beyond recommended treatment time frames, which may lead to adverse …

Nitrogen and sulfur-doped carbon quantum dots as fluorescent nanoprobes for spectrofluorimetric determination of olanzapine and diazepam in biological fluids and …

G Magdy, N Said, RA El-Domany, F Belal - BMC chemistry, 2022 - Springer
A validated, sensitive, and simple spectrofluorimetric method was developed for the analysis
of two important CNS-acting drugs, olanzapine and diazepam, in their commercial tablets …

Deprescribing benzodiazepines in older patients: impact of interventions targeting physicians, pharmacists, and patients

BJ Ng, DG Le Couteur, SN Hilmer - Drugs & aging, 2018 - Springer
Benzodiazepines (BZDs; including the related Z-drugs) are frequently targets for
deprescribing; long-term use in older people is harmful and often not beneficial. BZDs can …

[HTML][HTML] Lower urinary tract symptoms in depression: a review

DJ Anderson, A Aucoin, CR Toups… - Health psychology …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) are frequently present in the general
population as patients age with approximately a third of individuals experiencing LUTS …

Challenges of the pharmacological management of benzodiazepine withdrawal, dependence, and discontinuation

D Fluyau, N Revadigar… - Therapeutic advances …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Benzodiazepines (BZDs) are among the most prescribed sedative hypnotics
and among the most misused and abused medications by patients, in parallel with opioids. It …

Probiotics for the treatment of depression and anxiety: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

R El Dib, AG Periyasamy, JL de Barros, CG França… - Clinical nutrition …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background & aim Probiotics in the gut have been suggested to have a beneficial effect on
anxiety response and depressive disorder. Hence we conducted a systematic review and …

Association of benzodiazepine and Z-drug use with the risk of hospitalisation for fall-related injuries among older people: a nationwide nested case–control study in …

NW Yu, PJ Chen, HJ Tsai, CW Huang, YW Chiu… - BMC geriatrics, 2017 - Springer
Background Non-benzodiazepine hypnotics (Z-drugs) are advocated to be safer than
benzodiazepines (BZDs). This study comprehensively investigated the association of BZD …