UNLABELLED Neuroleptic drugs are used in several mental disorders, but are suspected of causing oropharyngeal dysphagia, mainly in the elderly. AIM To study the effect of neuroleptic agents on swallowing of institutionalized older people. MATERIAL AND METHOD A cross sectional study of swallowing in 47 subjects that either used or did not use neuroleptic drugs. Bedside swallowing tests with ...

Study objectives: To compare the regular use of psychotropic drugs in 1985 and 1996 in homes for the aged in Bergen, Norway and to study the relation between age, gender, mental impairment and certain behaviour traits and psychotropic drug use. Design: A point prevalence survey performed on two occasions in 1985 and 1996. Setting: All regularly used psychotropic drugs and demographic informatio...

OBJECTIVE While the personal characteristics of users of psychotherapy and/or psychotropic medications have been examined, direct user comparison of these treatment approaches appears to be rare. Our aim is to ascertain extent of receipt of these services, and identify basic distinguishing characteristics of users. METHODS Information on demographics, lifetime and past 12 month use of mental ...

Chronic alcohol intake and alcohol withdrawal are associated with dramatic disruptions of daily (circadian) biological rhythms in both human alcoholics and experimental animals. The extent to which these observations are due to pharmacological effects on the underlying circadian pacemaker is not known, however, since no human studies and very few animal studies have been conducted under free-ru...

Allergy to tartrazine-containing psychotropic medication (especially antidepressants) had been reported. 20 patients of apparent allergy to tartrazine-containing alprazolam brands in 480 patients exposed to the dye are described. Rechallenge with non tartrazine-containing alprazolam brands did not produce the similar allergic reactions.

Topiramate is an antiepileptic drug also used in the treatment of bipolar disorder. Several authors have reported the efficacy of topiramate in controlling the clinical manifestations of bipolar disorder and its ability to reduce the appetite, thus, the weight. Here, we present a case report showing a strong evidence of topiramate effectiveness in the treatment of obesity induced by psychotropi...

Many epilepsy patients, particularly those with complex partial seizures, also develop psychiatric disorders during the course of their illness and have to be treated with psychotropic drugs in addition to their antiepileptic medication. However, the brains of epileptic patients can be considered pathologically altered and psychotropic drugs may thus have profound and stronger effects on seizur...

OBJECTIVES The association between workplace bullying and psychotropic drug use is not well established. This study was aimed at exploring the association between workplace bullying, and its characteristics, and psychotropic drug use and studying the mediating role of physical and mental health. METHODS The study population consisted of a random sample of 3132 men and 4562 women of the workin...

A ten-year retrospective study of the consultations of 50 families with a city general practice was used to test the hypothesis that mothers who receive an excess of psychotropic drugs have children who receive an excess of antibiotics for episodes of acute respiratory illness. The children of the 10 mothers classed as high psychotropic users were seen twice as often with acute respiratory illn...

The use of psychotropic medications in youth with emotional disturbances in state custody is increasing and presents unique challenges concerning consent and oversight. We examine various means that state child welfare agencies use to provide consent for and oversight of psychotropic medications for children in state custody and describe benefits of a consent process that provides for expert co...