Benzodiazepines

Benzodiazepines
ISBN-10
1871816432
ISBN-13
9781871816433
Category
Psychology / Psychotherapy / General
Pages
164
Language
English
Published
2000
Publisher
Wrightson Biomedical Pub.
Authors
Michael R. Trimble, Ian Hindmarch

Description

Benzodiazepines are powerful psychoactive drugs which were first approved for use in the 1960s. They have sedative/hypnotic, anxiolytic and anticonvulsive activity. The most common indication for their use is insomnia, particularly in the elderly when caused by anxiety or depression, pain or congestive heart disease. They are also useful adjuvants to neuroleptics in agitation and psycholsis. They are among the most potent antiepileptic drugs available, with activity against most seizure types and particularly useful in status epilepticus and refractory epilepsy.

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