Naturally Occurring Benzodiazepines, Endozepines, and their Receptors: Implications for Benzodiazepine Therapy and Withdrawal

Naturally Occurring Benzodiazepines, Endozepines, and their Receptors: Implications for Benzodiazepine Therapy and Withdrawal
ISBN-10
1000421252
ISBN-13
9781000421255
Category
Medical
Pages
215
Language
English
Published
2021-08-12
Publisher
CRC Press
Authors
Robert B. Raffa, Diana Amantea

Description

Discusses endogenous benzodiazepine-like substances – what do they do, do they affect the anti-anxiety drugs and their adverse effects? Presents information on the enigmatic prolonged benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome Describes the compounds acting at the BDZ binding sites, both exogenous (classical BDZ drugs and BDZ from food and plants) and endogenous (endozepines) Assesses the putative interactions in physiology, pathology and pharmacology of the compounds acting at the BDZ binding sites

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