Prazosin in the treatment of PTSD

Journal of Psychiatric Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 253-259

  Green, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

nightmares; posttraumatic stress disorder; prazosin; sleep

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; ARIPIPRAZOLE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CITALOPRAM; LORAZEPAM; PRAZOSIN; QUETIAPINE; SILDENAFIL; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ARMY; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION OF CHANGE; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; FAINTNESS; HAMILTON SCALE; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INSOMNIA; INSOMNIA SEVERITY INDEX; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NIGHTMARE; NIGHTMARE FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE REVISED; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PHARMACOLOGY; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER DREAM RATING SCALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIAPISM; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SINUS CONGESTION; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX PAIN; URINE INCONTINENCE; VERTIGO; XEROSTOMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; HUMANS; PRAZOSIN; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84905004690     PISSN: 15274160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pra.0000452561.98286.1e     Document Type: Review

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