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Benzodiazepine use in the United States.
IMPORTANCE Although concern exists regarding the rate of benzodiazepine use, especially long-term use by older adults, little information is available concerning patterns of benzodiazepine use in the United States. OBJECTIVE To describe benzodiazepine prescription patterns in the United States focusing on patient age and duration of use. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A retrospective des...
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Objective: To evaluate the association between use of benzodiazepines and incident dementia. Design: Prospective, population based study. Setting: PAQUID study, France. Participants: 1063 men and women (mean age 78.2 years) who were free of dementia and did not start taking benzodiazepines until at least the third year of follow-up. Main outcome measures: Incident dementia, confirmed by a neuro...
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Benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine receptor agonists (e.g., zaleplon [Sonata], zolpidem [Ambien]) are widely used to treat anxiety and insomnia, even though antidepressants are first-line therapy for anxiety disorders based on the evidence.1 In this issue of American Family Physician, Drs. Ramar and Olson review the management of insomnia and other sleep disorders.2 When benzodiazepines are use...
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of the present study was to examine the experimental and epidemiologic evidence linking benzodiazepine use to driving impairment. DATA SOURCES We searched MEDLINE, PsycINFO, the Cochrane Collaboration, and EMBASE using the key terms ("benzodiazepines" OR "exp benzodiazepines") AND ("automobile driving" OR "accidents, traffic" OR "driving" OR "driver$") and limited the re...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0140-0789,2514-9954
DOI: 10.1192/s0140078900021039