Cautions against the practice go unheeded by nonpsychiatrists. by John Gever Managing Editor, MedPage Today About one in 12 older Americans were prescribed benzodiazepines in 2008, and one-third of those individuals took them for long periods — and much of this use was probably inappropriate, researchers said. Analysis of a large prescription database for 2008 […]
Benzodiazepine use and risk of Alzheimer’s disease: case-control study BMJ, 11/09/2014 Clinical Article Abstract Objectives To investigate the relation between the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and exposure to benzodiazepines started at least five years before, considering both the dose-response relation and prodromes (anxiety, depression, insomnia) possibly linked with treatment. Design Case-control study. Setting The Quebec […]