Analysis of benzodiazepine withdrawal program managed by primary care nurses in Spain

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lopez Peig, Cristina ^a,d   Mundet, Xavier ^a,b   Casabella, Bartomeu ^a   Del Val, Jose Luis ^a   Lacasta, David ^a   Diogene, Eduard ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Institut Catala de Farmacologia   (Spain)

^d BARNET ENFIELD AND HARINGEY MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Habituation drug therapy; Primary care

Indexed keywords

VALERIANA;

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYZINE; PLANT EXTRACT; VALERIAN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DEPRESSION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECALL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; SPAIN;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY; BENZODIAZEPINES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYZINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAFETY-BASED DRUG WITHDRAWALS; SLEEP; SPAIN; VALERIAN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84870910664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-684     Document Type: Article

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