zodiazepines’ and to develop some guidelines for the appropriate use of BZPs in clinical practice. The conclusion (too long to be cited in its entirety) contains a lot of interesting information. At that time, there were no data ‘to suggest that long-term therapeutic use of benzodiazepines by patients commonly leads to dose escalation or to recreational abuse’ [ 1 , p. 55] (in all fairness, thi...

Benzodiazepines (BDZs) are the chemicals having the versatile medicinal values. These are the type of psychotropic drug, that is, they concern the mind and can amend frame of mind. Benzodiazepines enhance the effect of the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and are subsequently used therapeutically as anxiolytics, tranquilizers, hypnotics, anticonvulsants in epilepsy and centrally ...

BACKGROUND Benzodiazepines are frequently prescribed to patients with drug use disorders. However, it has previously been difficult to distinguish whether this frequent prescribing was due to underlying psychiatric disorders or inappropriate prescribing. In a nationwide cohort study, we investigated the prescribing of benzodiazepines to patients with drug use disorders in connection with treatm...

BACKGROUND/AIM The analysis of drug prescribing in general practice in Serbia showed that the use of benzodiazepines is most frequently associated with hypertension. The aim of this study was to establish the correlation of the characteristics of patients with hypertension to antihypertensive drug therapy, and the intake of benzodiazepines. METHODS A special questionnaire was used for intervi...

BACKGROUND This article aims at determining the place of benzodiazepines in the current treatment of anxiety disorders in opposition to antidepressants, neuroleptics and anticonvulsants. Belgium and France are the only two European countries which prescribe the most benzodiazepines despite the dissuasion of the international guidelines (NICE) issued in the nineties concerning the high risk of d...