Screen LibraryThe benzodiazepines crisis : the ramifications of an over-used drug class /
"Benzodiazepines were developed to treat legitimate medical needs. However, unbridled success and prescribing beyond their intended duration of use and the available data has led to excessive prescribing, extended utilization beyond good therapeutic practice, and unintended adverse effects and...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2021] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Benzodiazepines were developed to treat legitimate medical needs. However, unbridled success and prescribing beyond their intended duration of use and the available data has led to excessive prescribing, extended utilization beyond good therapeutic practice, and unintended adverse effects and substance use disorder. This book is the first to bring to light and discuss the largely unrecognized and enigmatic problem of an exceedingly prolonged withdrawal syndrome from benzodiazepines that can persist for months or years in susceptible patients, and the medical need for better evidence-based prescribing of benzodiazepines, and a call for the recognition and better treatment of the prolonged withdrawal syndrome"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xxix, 256 pages : illustrations, forms ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780197517277 (paperback) : 0197517277 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | RM666 |
| CLC: | R971 |
| Call Number: | R971/B479-2 |
| Contents: | Introduction : Anxiety, Insomnia, and Benzodiazepines / Michael M. Miller John Peppin -- The Evolution of Benzodiazepines and the 'Z' Drugs / Jamie L. Hansen and Timothy J. Atkinson -- Uses, Efficacy, and Adverse Effects of Benzodiazepines / Brian Merrill and Jeffrey Guina -- Problems with Benzodiazepine Use in the Elderly / Jan Kitzen -- Benzodiazepine Receptors in the Brain / Michael H. Ossipov -- Benzodiazepine Receptors in the Periphery / Robert B. Raffa -- Benzodiazepine Withdrawal : Neurobiologic Aspects / George F. Koob -- Benzodiazepine Withdrawal : Clinical Aspects / Steven Wright -- Benzodiazepines and Pain / John F. Peppin and Steven Wright -- Benzodiazepines Abuse / John J. Coleman -- History of the Regulatory Control of Benzodiazepines / John J. Coleman -- Guidelines and Guidances / Jo Ann LeQuang -- The Benzodiazepine Legacy Patient / Jeffrey Guina and Brian Merrill -- Perspective / John Peppin. |