Although there has been a slight downward trend in the prescription of benzodiazepines (depressants that relieve anxiety, muscle spasms, produce sedation and reduce seizures) among older adults over ...

Doctors might be overprescribing sedatives to stroke survivors, a new study warns. About 5% of people are prescribed a ...

Initial prescriptions of benzodiazepines, a class of drugs used to treat anxiety and sleep problems after a stroke may include too many pills for adults ages 65 or older, finds new study.

Clinical experience in the drug treatment of insomnia shows some issues that should be taken into account as regards the duration of treatment with benzodiazepine and non-benzodiazepine hypnotics.

Background: Benzodiazepines are often prescribed long-term inappropriately. We aimed to systematically review and meta-synthesise qualitative studies exploring clinicians' experiences and ...

One distinct feature of the recent rise in drug-related deaths is the increase in polydrug use and in "designer" benzodiazepines and gabapentinoids, substances designed to mimic the effects of ...

Beyond the pain: Decoding opioid use in advanced cancer ED visits. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2024 ASCO Quality Care Symposium. This abstract does not include a full text component.

Grey Bruce Public Health issued an Opioid Alert to community and health partners on Friday, October 11, after receiving ...

Starchy and non-starchy vegetables have many important differences, but their key difference is their total starch content, which is very important in the context of your total diet. Eating plenty ...

Fentanyl is the substance suspected in the two non-fatal overdoses. The substance involved in the fatality is unknown at this ...

Masked tapering with a targeted behavioral intervention helped older adults with insomnia discontinue benzodiazepine receptor agonists, a randomized trial showed. (JAMA Internal Medicine ...