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An anxiolytic (also antipanic or antianxiety agent ) is a drug used for the treatment of symptoms of anxiety. Anxiolytics have been shown to be useful in the treatment of anxiety disorders, as h...
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Buspirone (BuSpar), which is not chemically related to other classes of central nervous system drugs, is also a traditional anxiolytic, although it is now considered either a third-line or adjunctive agent for use after trials of SSRIs and benzodiazepines.
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Major therapeutic use is to relief anxiety (anxiolytics) or induce sleep (hypnotics). Hypnotic effects can be achieved with most anxiolytic drugs just by ...
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Drugs. 1981;21:162. [PubMed]; Goodchild JH, Donaldson M. Calculating and justifying total anxiolytic doses of medications for in-office use. Gen Dent. ...
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Free Online Library: Use of anxiolytics and hypnotic drugs. by "Nursing Homes"; Business Health care industry Hypnosis Health aspects Hypnotism Nursing home patients Drug use Tranquilizing agents Tranquilizing drugs ... The recommended drugs and doses for SABZ use in the Alzheimer's disease patient are shown in Table 2.
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Anxiolytics and sedatives (hypnotics) include benzodiazepines, barbiturates, and related drugs. High doses can cause stupor ... The extent of physical dependence is related to dose and duration of use; ... Toxicity or overdose: The signs of progressive anxiolytic and sedative intoxication are depression of superficial reflexes,
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the minor tranquillizers: dependence, addiction and abuse ... The concepts of dependence, addiction and abuse comprise overlapping clinical phenomena. The earlier anxiolytic drugs, in particular the barbiturates, were prone to abuse, i.e., non-medical use, and to high-dose misuse.
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STUDY OBJECTIVES: To identify and quantify a hypothesised collective effect of the neighbourhood on individual use of anxiolytic-hypnotic drugs (AHD). ... STUDY OBJECTIVES: To identify and quantify a hypothesised collective effect of the neighbourhood on individual use of anxiolytic-hypnotic drugs (AHD). To analyse the...
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The association between AHD use and disability pension was not modified by the neighborhood context. The median odds ratio was 1.44 after adjusting for individual characteristics and 1.27 after ... Key Words: Anxiolytic-hypnotic drugs • disability pension • multilevel analysis • neighborhood social participation...
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Results: Compared with men with a high level of psychosocial coping resources who did not use anxiolytic-hypnotic drugs, men with a low level of psychosocial coping resources had a higher risk of death irrespective whether they used anxiolytic-hypnotic drugs, RR=1.7 (95% CI 1.1 - 2.6) or not (RR=1.8 (95%: 1.3 - 2...
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