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Benzodiazepines can be given to curb the patient's agitation, and supportive care with oxygen, hydration, and symptomatic treatment is often provided.
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Benzodiazepines are also used to calm the acutely agitated individual and can, if required, be given via an intramuscular injection.
Benzodiazepines can be considered as a treatment option in treatment resistant cases.
Benzodiazepines can help to initiate sleep and increase sleep time, but they also decrease deep sleep and increase light sleep.
Benzodiazepines themselves can cause delirium or worsen it, and lack a reliable evidence base.
Benzodiazepines such as Ativan and Klonopin are effective adjunctive treatment agents for reducing irritability and anxiety during acute mania, and sometimes during maintenance medication therapy, but long-term use can result in dependency.
Benzodiazepines can cause or worsen depression.
Benzodiazepines can be used for some of the physical problems such as anxiety.
Benzodiazepines can be detected in urine through the use of over-the-counter urine drug tests.
Benzodiazepines can sometimes cause a paradoxical worsening of EEG readings in patients with seizure disorders.
Benzodiazepines can be used for sedation before or after surgery and can be used to induce and maintain general anesthesia.
Benzodiazepines usually are not fatal when taken alone in overdose but those with underlying health conditions for example respiratory disease or when benzodiazepines are taken in combination with other CNS depressant drugs can result in death.
Benzodiazepines and be
Benzodiazepines may also be indicated to cover the latent periods associated with the medications prescribed to treat an underlying anxiety disorder.
Benzodiazepines are usually administered orally ; however, very occasionally lorazepam or diazepam may be given intravenously for the treatment of panic attacks.
Benzodiazepines have robust efficacy in the short-term management of generalized anxiety disorder ( GAD ), but were not shown to be effective in producing long-term improvement overall.
* Benzodiazepines are sometimes used for obsessive compulsive disorder, although they are generally believed to be ineffective for this indication ; effectiveness was, however, found in one small study.
Benzodiazepines should be prescribed to the elderly only with caution and only for a short period at low doses.
Prescription hypnotics ( Benzodiazepines and Nonbenzodiazepines included ) should therefore be taken for the shortest duration of time with the least frequency possible, so as to avoid tolerance, drug dependence, and the adverse effects of long term use.
Benzodiazepines tend to exert their hypnotic effects at high dosage compared to the more moderate dosage needed for anxiolytic effects to be felt.
Benzodiazepines may be useful in acute treatment of severe symptoms but the risk benefit ratio is against their long-term use in phobic disorders.
Benzodiazepines may be used to control agitation.
Benzodiazepines should not be administered to already-ataxic patients.
A review paper found Benzodiazepines to be effective in alleviating the symptoms of tardive dyskinesia.
Benzodiazepines and any other form of mind or mood altering addictive drug should not be used on patients with addictive history.
Benzodiazepines and in particular nitrazepam and flunitrazepam should therefore be prescribed with caution in the elderly.
Benzodiazepines may be used for insomnia, although it's very important to note that benzodiazepine withdrawal is known to be severe and long-lived.
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* Benzodiazepines are effective as medication given a couple of hours before surgery to relieve anxiety.
Benzodiazepines are given to control seizures ; as they also modulate GABA receptors they may potentially increase the effect of pyridoxine.
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Benzodiazepines are given to control seizures ; as they also modulate GABA receptors they may potentially increase the effect of pyridoxine.
Benzodiazepines and agitation
Benzodiazepines possess sedative, hypnotic, anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, muscle relaxant, and amnesic actions, which are useful in a variety of indications such as alcohol dependence, seizures, anxiety, panic, agitation and insomnia.
Benzodiazepines, such as lorazepam, are the drugs of choice to control agitation and seizures ( when present ).
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Benzodiazepines are commonly misused and taken in combination with other drugs of abuse.
Benzodiazepines have a reputation with patients and doctors for causing a severe and traumatic withdrawal ; however, this is in large part due to the withdrawal process's being poorly managed.
Benzodiazepines are used initially to control convulsions, with stronger anticonvulsants such as phenytoin or thiopental used if convulsions continue.
Benzodiazepines require special precaution if used in the alcohol or drug dependent individuals and individuals with comorbid psychiatric disorders.
Benzodiazepines are lipophilic and rapidly penetrate membranes and therefore rapidly penetrate the placenta with significant uptake of the drug.
Benzodiazepines were implicated in 39 % of suicides by drug poisoning in Sweden, with nitrazepam and flunitrazepam accounting for 90 % of benzodiazepine implicated suicides, in the elderly over a period of 2 decades.
Benzodiazepines require special precaution if used in the elderly, during pregnancy, in children, alcohol-or drug-dependent individuals and individuals with comorbid psychiatric disorders.
Benzodiazepines are not known to reduce dissociative symptoms ; however, they do target the often comorbid anxiety and stress experienced by those with DPD and, thus, lead to global improvement.
Benzodiazepines require special precaution if used in the elderly, during pregnancy, in children, alcohol-or drug-dependent individuals and individuals with comorbid psychiatric disorders.
Benzodiazepines including oxazepam are lipophilic drugs and rapidly penetrate membranes and therefore rapidly cross over into the placenta with significant uptake of the drug.
Benzodiazepines require special precaution if used in the elderly, during pregnancy, in children, alcohol or drug-dependent individuals and individuals with comorbid psychiatric disorders.
Benzodiazepines require special precaution if used in the elderly, during pregnancy, in children, alcohol or drug-dependent individuals and individuals with comorbid psychiatric disorders.
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