Fast withdrawal from benzodiazepines in geriatric inpatients: A randomised double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 759-764

  Petrovic, M ^a   Pevernagie, D ^a   Mariman, A ^a   Van Maele, G ^a   Afschrift, M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Geriatric inpatients; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; BENZODIAZEPINE; BROMAZEPAM; CLORAZEPATE; CLOTIAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; FLURAZEPAM; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; LOPRAZOLAM; LORAZEPAM; LORMETAZEPAM; NITRAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM; PLACEBO;

AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HABITUATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LORAZEPAM; MALE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035709410     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-001-0387-4     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Benzodiazepine use among the elderly in the community
2. Mental disorder and the use of psychotropic drugs in an 85-year-old urban population
3. Pharmacokinetic changes in the elderly - Do they contribute to drug abuse and dependence?
4. Toxicity of highdose flurazepam in the elderly
5. Benzodiazepine use as a cause of cognitive impairment in elderly hospital inpatients
6. Problems and pitfalls in the use of benzodiazepines in the elderly
7. Age-related increase in CNS sensitivity to benzodiazepines as assessed by task difficulty
8. Benzodiazepine sedatives and the risk of falling in a community-dwelling elderly cohort
9. Risk factor for falls among elderly persons living in the community
10. Cognitive improvement following benzodiazepine discontinuation in elderly nursing home residents
11. Diazepam: How much better than placebo?
12. Rational use of benzodiazepines in the elderly
13. A programme for short-term withdrawal from benzodiazepines in geriatric hospital inpatients: Success rate and effect on subjective sleep quality
14. Benzodiazepine dependence and withdrawal - An update
15. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index: A new instrument for psychiatric practice and research
16. The benzodiazepine withdrawal symptom questionnaire
17. Withdrawal reaction after longterm therapeutic use of benzodiazepines
18. Why low-dose benzodiazepine-dependent insomniacs can't escape their sleeping pills
19. Benzodiazepine dependence and withdrawal in the elderly patients
20. Benzodiazepine withdrawal: Outcome in 50 patients
21. Gradual withdrawal from benzodiazepines in residents of homes for the elderly: Experience and suggestions for future research
22. Cognitive behavioural therapy for treatment of chronic primary insomnia: A randomised controlled trial
23. Behavioural and pharmacological therapies for late life insomnia: A randomised controlled trial