benzodiazepines

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benzodiazepines

A large group of drugs that affect the brain. Some are used as sedatives or anxiolytics, others as muscle relaxants or anticonvulsants. The best known are diazepam, nitrazepam, and loprazolam.

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For many years, benzodiazepines have been a mainstay in the treatment of anxiety.

BENZODIAZEPINES: Sensible prescribing in light of the risks: Understand the risks and consider alternative treatments, especially in high-risk patients

Unfortunately, benzodiazepines and related drugs are still frequently used in the treatment of these symptoms.

Benzodiazepines Raise Mortality in Alzheimer's

THE OPIOID ADDICTION medications buprenorphine and methadone should not be withheld from patients who are taking benzodiazepines or other drugs that depress the central nervous system, the Food and Drug Administration advised in a safety alert posted Sept.

FDA: Don't deny opioid addiction meds to patients on benzodiazepines

Our campaign for action on blue plague pills - benzodiazepines, mostly made up of etizolam and diazepam - highlighted how many older drug users are dying after mixing large numbers of the 50p tablets with other drugs like heroin and methadone.

SCOURGE OF BLUE PLAGUE SENDS DRUG DEATH TOLL SOARING 23%; FIGURES SHOW SCOTLAND THE WORST-HIT COUNTRY IN EUROPE Number killed reaches record level as gangsters' DIY pills sweep nation

After an extensive review of the latest scientific evidence, the FDA has announced it is requiring class-wide changes to drug labeling, including patient information, to help inform healthcare providers and patients of the serious risks associated with the combined use of certain opioid medications and a class of central nervous system (CNS) depressant drugs called benzodiazepines.

FDA announces Opioids Action Plan

LABELING FOR PRESCRIPTION opioid pain or cough medicines and benzodiazepines will now carry the strongest available warning regarding serious side effects and death associated with their combined use, according to the Food and Drug Administration.

New boxed warning says limit use of opioids with benzodiazepines

Benzodiazepines also work on the central nervous system.

FDA issues new warnings regarding opioids and benzodiazepines used in combination

Wen said she has seen firsthand the alarming trends; one in three unintentional overdose deaths from prescribed opioids also involve benzodiazepines, she noted.

FDA: new labeling warns against combining opioids, benzodiazepines

After an extensive review of the latest scientific evidence, the Food and Drug Administration announced that it is requiring class-wide changes to drug labeling, including patient information, to help inform health care providers and patients of the serious risks associated with the combined use of certain opioid medications and a class of central nervous system (CNS) depressant drugs called benzodiazepines.

FDA orders label changes

During detoxification, benzodiazepines are used as substitution of cross-tolerant drugs to prevent progression from minor alcohol withdrawal symptoms to major ones.

Using benzodiazepine detoxification and cognitive behavioral psychotherapy in the treatment of a patient with generalized anxiety disorder comorbid with high-dose zolpidem dependence

Food and Drug Administration announced today that it is requiring class-wide changes to drug labeling, including patient information, to help inform health care providers and patients of the serious risks associated with the combined use of certain opioid medications and a class of central nervous system (CNS) depressant drugs called benzodiazepines.

United States : FDA requires strong warnings for opioid analgesics, prescription opioid cough products, and benzodiazepine labeling related to serious risks and death from combined use

THE number of people being treated for problems with benzodiazepines in Kirklees has risen by nearly a fifth in a year.