Deprescribing Benzodiazepines: New Primary Care Guidelines Issued
May 15, 2018. 0. A new clinical practice guideline focuses on helping clinicians to safely deprescribe benzodiazepine receptor agonists (BZRAs), including benzodiazepines, …
What Is the Dark Side of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists? - Medscape
2023年12月1日 · GLP-1 receptor agonists likely need to be used long term, potentially for life, for the effects on body weight to persist. Whether there are side effects and complications that …
Deprescribing Benzodiazepines: Changing Attitudes - Medscape
2018年6月15日 · Benzodiazepines and the newer benzodiazepine receptor agonists, zolpidem, zopiclone, and zaleplon — the so-called "Z drugs" — are used widely throughout the United …
A Drug-by-Drug Guide to Treating Insomnia - Medscape
2019年2月13日 · The sleep aids recommended for treatment of insomnia include benzodiazepines, benzodiazepine receptor agonists ("Z-drugs"), orexin receptor antagonists, …
CBTI Strategy Reduces Sleeping Pill Use in Canadian Seniors
2024年10月8日 · Eligible participants were aged ≥ 65 years, lived in the community, and had taken benzodiazepine receptor agonists (BZRAs) for ≥ 3 nights per week for 3 or more …
Infographic: Where GLP-1s Work Now -- and What's Coming
2024年3月12日 · Notes. Brain effects. GLP-1 receptor agonists can cross the blood-brain barrier and work on the brain's satiety center and decrease desire for food.Recent evidence suggests …
Newly Approved Drug Improves Sleep Onset in Insomnia
January 28, 2022. 0. The newly approved insomnia drug daridorexant (Quviviq) improves sleep onset in adults, new phase 3 data suggest. In the first of two studies, a 50-mg dose of …
Warnings About Benzodiazepine Use in the Elderly Go Unheeded
2018年8月24日 · Just over 8% of 50- to 64-year-olds were prescribed a benzodiazepine in 2017, compared to 7.5% of those aged 40 to 49 and 6.6% of those aged 30 to 39. ... launched an …
An Update on Sleep Disorders - Medscape
2006年12月28日 · In recent years, nonbenzodiazepine receptor agonists also have been commonly prescribed for insomnia. There are 2 main classes of nonbenzodiazepine sleep …
GLP-1 RAs Safe in the Perioperative Period - Medscape
2024年11月7日 · The majority of patients may safely take glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) before elective surgery and gastrointestinal endoscopies, according to …