BACKGROUND Postendodontic pain (PEP) has always been a major problem for patients and dentists and NSAIDs are being used to relieve PEP and it is supposed that some benzodiazepines may potentiate facilitate the analgesic effects of the NSAIDs. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of alprazolam on the analgesic effect of ibuprofen in PEP treatment. METHODS This randomized double-bli...

Cytochrome P450 3A (CYP3A) enzyme family is involved in the metabolism of about 50 % of all drugs in clinical use. Among CYP3A, CYP3A4 and CYP3A5 are the major enzymes in adults; CYP3A5 is polymorphic and primarily expressed in black populations. CYP3A5 may therefore contribute significantly to the metabolism of CYP3A substrates in African populations. The impact of CYP3A5 expression on drug me...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of alprazolam on the stress that Korean raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides koreensis) may experience while caught in a live trap by measuring their serum cortisol response. The animals were placed in a live trap with or without being pretreated with oral doses of alprazolam. In both groups, pre-trap blood samples were initially collected ...

BACKGROUND Essential tremor (ET) is characterised by postural and action tremors with a frequency of 4-12 Hz. Previous studies suggest that the tremor activity originates in the cerebello-thalamocortical pathways. Alprazolam is a short-acting benzodiazepine that attenuates tremors in ET. The mechanisms that mediate the therapeutic action of alprazolam are unknown; however, in healthy subjects, ...

A simple and Sensitive UV spectrophotometric method has been developed for the determination of Alprazolam in bulk and tablet dosage form. Solution of Alprazolam in 0.1N HCl shows maximum absorbance at 260 nm. Beer’s law was obeyed in the concentration range of 1-70μg mL with 0.022x10 mol cm. The proposed method has been applied successfully for the analysis of drug in its tablets dosage forms....

We describe the first case series (n = 6) of using chlordiazepoxide to accomplish a rapid, well-tolerated withdrawal from alprazolam. After abruptly discontinuing alprazolam, we substituted a 50-mg dose of chlordiazepoxide for each 1 mg of alprazolam (except for one elderly patient where we substituted 25 mg) and gave additional chlordiazepoxide doses (25-50 mg every 4-6 hours) as needed for th...

A review of the published case reports of adverse behavioral episodes or unexpected psychopathology in patients taking benzodiazepines was undertaken in an attempt to determine if these adverse or unexpected events are more likely to occur with alprazolam when compared with other currently marketed benzodiazepines. Adverse behavioral phenomena and unexpected psychopathology were divided into th...