Benzodiazepines: uses, dangers, and clinical considerations

AN Edinoff, CA Nix, J Hollier, CE Sagrera… - Neurology …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Benzodiazepines (BZDs) are among one of the most widely prescribed drug classes in the
United States. BZDs are a class of psychoactive drugs known for their depressant effect on …

Management of insomnia

CM Morin, DJ Buysse - New England Journal of Medicine, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Key Points Treatment Approaches to Insomnia Insomnia is common, and it frequently occurs
when other medical, psychiatric, and other sleep disorders are present. Persistent insomnia …

A nationally representative analysis of “twin epidemics”: Rising rates of methamphetamine use among persons who use opioids

JC Strickland, JR Havens, WW Stoops - Drug and alcohol dependence, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Recent data suggest increases in methamphetamine potency, affordability, and
availability in the US. Other data indicate rising rates of methamphetamine use among …

Highly efficient dual-color luminophores for sensitive and selective detection of diclazepam based on MOF/COF bi-mesoporous composites

X An, D Jiang, Q Cao, F Xu, H Shiigi, W Wang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Currently, studies on electrochemiluminescence (ECL) mainly focused on the single
emission of luminophores while those on multi-color ECL were rarely reported. Here, a bi …

Benzodiazepines and related sedatives

L Peng, KL Morford, XA Levander - Medical Clinics, 2022 - medical.theclinics.com
The first hypnotic barbiturate, barbital, was introduced into clinical practice in 1903, followed
by phenobarbital in 1912. 1 In subsequent years, multiple barbiturates were synthesized …

Novel designer benzodiazepines: comprehensive review of evolving clinical and adverse effects

AN Edinoff, CA Nix, AS Odisho, CP Babin… - Neurology …, 2022 - mdpi.com
As tranquilizers, benzodiazepines have a wide range of clinical uses. Recently, there has
been a significant rise in the number of novel psychoactive substances, including designer …

[HTML][HTML] Lower urinary tract symptoms in depression: a review

DJ Anderson, A Aucoin, CR Toups… - Health psychology …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) are frequently present in the general
population as patients age with approximately a third of individuals experiencing LUTS …

Looking for Novelty in an “Old” Receptor: Recent Advances Toward Our Understanding of GABAARs and Their Implications in Receptor Pharmacology

D Castellano, RD Shepard, W Lu - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Diverse populations of GABAA receptors (GABAARs) throughout the brain mediate fast
inhibitory transmission and are modulated by various endogenous ligands and therapeutic …

Can policy affect initiation of addictive substance use? Evidence from opioid prescribing

DW Sacks, A Hollingsworth, T Nguyen… - Journal of health …, 2021 - Elsevier
Drug control policy can have unintended consequences by pushing existing users to
alternative, possibly more dangerous substances. Policies that target only new users may …

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Clinical Protocol# 21: breastfeeding in the setting of substance use and substance use disorder (revised 2023)

M Harris, DM Schiff, K Saia, S Muftu… - Breastfeeding …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Background: The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) revised the 2015 version of the
substance use disorder (SUD) clinical protocol to review the evidence and provide updated …