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Tag Archives: Benzodiazepines
Potential Harms From Polypharmacy in the Elderly (BBC News / Age UK / EJCP / Bazian / Lancet Psychiatry)
Summary An Age UK report investigates the potential harms of over-prescribing medicines for older people. Older persons often remain on too many prescribed medicines, putting them at risk of side-effects, potentially resulting in falls and other forms of serious harm. … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, Antipsychotics, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Depression, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Hypertension, In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Achieving Better Value, Addictions Department - Division of Academic Psychiatry: King's College London, Addictive Prescription Medicines, Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs), Adverse Drug Reactions in the Elderly, Ageing Population, Alcohol Drugs Tobacco and Justice Division: Public Health England, AntiCholinergic Burden, Anticholinergic Drugs, Anticholinergics, Antidepressants, Anxiolytics and Hypnotics (Including Benzodiazepines), ARMOUR Tool, Australian Prescribing Indicators, Austrian Criteria, Barenholtz Levy, Bazian, BBC Health News, Beers Criteria, Behind the Headlines, Benzodiazepines, Better Value, Better Value Healthcare, Better Value in the NHS, Brown Model, Cantrill Indicators, Care Home Pharmacists, Care Home Pharmacists to Cut Overmedication, Care Homes, Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Care of Older People Living at Home, Care of Older People Living in Care Homes, Care Planning: Relating New Prescribing Decisions to Existing Medicines, Care Quality Improvement Department: Royal College of Physicians, Case Management and Enhanced Rapid Response, Challenging Behaviour in Dementia, Choosing Wisely, Choosing Wisely in the NHS, Choosing Wisely in the UK, Clinical Pharmacists, CMS List, Communication Between Community Pharmacists and GPs, Community Pharmacies, Community Pharmacists, Community Pharmacy, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Comorbidity, Comorbidity and Dementia, Comorbidity and Polypharmacy in People With Dementia, Dementia Friendly Community Pharmacists, Department of Family Medicine: University of California Los Angeles, Department of Primary Care and Public Health: Imperial College London, Dependence and Withdrawal Associated With Prescribed Medicines (PHE Review), Deprescribing, Discontinuation of Multiple Medications in Older Adults, Doubling-Up, Drug Burden Index, Drug Cost Savings, Economic Sustainability, Elderly Malnutrition, European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, FORTA Criteria, Four or More Medicines (FOMM) Support Service, Frail Older People, Frailty, Gabapentinoids, Geriatric Medication Algorithm, German PRISCUS List of Potentially Inappropriate Medications, Good Practice in Care Homes, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Hamdy Criteria, Hanoi Medical University, Harms of Too Much Medicine, Health Improvement Directorate: Public Health England, High Quality Medicines Reviews, Holmes Criteria, Hospital Pharmacists, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Pharmacists, Hull-York Medical School: University of Hull, Imperial College London, Improving Care for Frail Older People, Improving Patient Safety, Improving Pharmaceutical Care in Care Homes, Improving Prescribing in the Elderly Tool, Improving Prescribing Practice, Improving Standards in Care Homes, Inappropriate Drug Use, Inappropriate Medication, Inappropriate Prescribing, Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience: King’s College London, Integrated Care Clinical Pharmacist (ICP) for Frail Older People, Integrated Care Pharmacists (ICPs), Kaiser Permanente Model, Kings College London, KPC Criteria, Lambeth Addictions: South London and Maudsley NHS Mental Health Foundation Trust, Lancet Psychiatry, Laroche Criteria, Later Life, Lechevallier Criteria, Less is More, Liaison and In-Reach Services for Frail Older People, Lindblad’s List, Lipton’s Tool, Living at Home, Living Well in Care Homes, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Lowering Costs, Maio Criteria, Malnutrition, Malnutrition in Later Life, Malone’s List, Management of Challenging Behaviour, Managing Comorbidity and Complexity, Managing Medicines in Care Homes, Matsumura Alert System, McLeod Criteria, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Medical Overuse, Medication Adherence, Medication Appropriateness Index, Medication Creep, Medication Nonadherence, Medication Reviews, Medication Reviews in Care Homes, Medication Without Harm (WHO), Medication-Related Harm, Medications Management Outcome Monitor, Medicine Combinations, Medicines Management, Multi-Morbidities, Multimorbidities and Long-Term Conditions, Multiple Comorbidities, Multiple Long-Term Conditions, Multiple Medications (Polypharmacy), National Guideline Centre: Royal College of Physicians, NCOA Criteria, New Mexico Criteria, NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), NHS Community Pharmacies, Non-Adherence: Medication-Related Harm, Norwegian General Practice (NORGEP) Criteria, Oborne’s Prescribing Indicators, Older Adults Higher Levels of Dependency Dementia and Comorbidity, Older People, Older People Supported and Involved in Decisions About Medicines, Older People With Complex Needs, Older People's Care, Opioid Painkillers, Opioids, Optimising Prescribing and Deprescribing in Older Adults, Over-Medication, Over-Prescribing, Over-Treatment, Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment, Overmedicalization, Overmedicaton in Care Homes, Overprescribing, Overprescription, Overuse of Medication, Owen’s Steps, Patient Harms, Patient Preference and Adherence, Patient 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Clinical Anxiety as a Dementia Risk Factor? (BMJ Open)
Summary There are some indications that anxiety in midlife is associated with an increased risk of dementia, even after allowing for any anxiety which might have been expected to arise as a result of prodromal cognitive decline / pre-clinical dementia. … Continue reading →
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Mental Health, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Anxiety Disorders and Dementia, Anxiety: Potential Dementia Risk Factor, Benzodiazepines, Benzodiazepines and Dementia, BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Clinical Anxiety: Possible Dementia Risk Factor, Dementia Risk Factors, Diseases and Medical Conditions Associated With Increased Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Division of Psychiatry: University College London, Faculty of Medicine: University of Southampton, MCI: Mild Cognitive Impairment, Midlife Anxiety, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Newcastle-Ottawa Scale, Overlapping Risk Factors, Personality (Risk Factor), Psychosocial Protective and Risk Factors, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Systematic Review, University College London, University of Southampton
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Our Invisible Addicts: Updated Edition (Royal College of Psychiatrists / BBC News / ONS / Wiley)
Summary The Royal College of Psychiatrists has published a second edition of the “Our Invisible Addicts” report, which presents updates to evidence concerning mental health aspects of alcohol and substance misuse in the “baby boomer” generation. It advises that substance … Continue reading →
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Reducing Antipsychotic Prescribing for BPSD (BMJ / JAMA / JAMA Psychiatry / BJCP)
Summary This BMJ “Change page” article discusses the potential harms associated with use of antipsychotics in people with dementia, and covers guidelines recommending restrictions in their use. Risperidone is the antipsychotic recommended for use in the treatment of aggression associated … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK
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Tagged Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs), Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs): Type A (Potentially Avoidable and Associated With Commonly Prescribed Medications), Adverse Drug Reactions in the Elderly, Adverse Effects, Aggression, Aggressive Behaviour, Alternatives to Antipsychotics, Antidepressants, Antihypertensives, Antipsychotic Drugs, Antipsychotics, Antipsychotics and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism, Antipsychotics Limitation in Dementia, Antipsychotics Side Effects, Antipsychotics-Related Mortality Risks, Antipsychotics: Absolute Mortality Risk Increase, Antipsychotics: Neuroleptic Sensitivity, Antipsychotics: Number Needed to Harm (NNH), Atypical Antipsychotics, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Benzodiazepines, BMJ, BPSD, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Brief Psychosocial Treatment, British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Campbell Institute (CAMH): University of Toronto, Cardiff University, Center for Clinical Management Research: Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System (Michigan), Center for Statistical Consultation and Research: University of Michigan, CitAD Research Group, Citalopram for Agitation in Alzheimer's Disease: CitAD Trial, Clinical Biotechnology Research Institute: Roper St Francis Healthcare (Charleston: South Carolina), College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, DART-AD: Dementia Antipsychotic Withdrawal Trial (DART-AD), Dementia Antipsychotic Withdrawal Trial (DART-AD), Department of Psychiatry: University of Michigan, Department of Psychiatry: University of Southern California, Discontinuation of Antipsychotics, Effect of Citalopram on Agitation in Alzheimer Disease (CitAD Randomized Clinical Trial), Falls Prevention, Hotchkiss Brain Institute: University of Calgary, Inappropriate Prescribing, Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, International Conference on Harmonization, JAMA, JAMA Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Bayview and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Baltimore, Kings College London, Medication Reviews, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR): Mental Health Biomedical Research Centre and Dementia Unit, NEST Approach, Neuroleptic Discontinuation, Neuroleptics, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Patients’ Needs and the Environment Stimulation and Techniques (NEST), Perelman School of Medicine: University of Pennsylvania, Personalised Social Interaction, Pharmacokinetics, Polypharmacy, Potential Harms of Antipsychotic Use, Prescribing Anti-Psychotic Drugs to People with Dementia, Reducing Agitation and Distress, Reducing Antipsychotic Medication in Care Homes, Reducing Antipsychotic Prescriptions in Dementia, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, Reducing Violence and Aggression, Risperidone, Seattle Protocols, Simulated Presence Therapy, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Stanford University School of Medicine, United States, University Hospital Llandough (Cardiff), University of Calgary, University of Manchester, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Southern California, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, University of Toronto, Violence and Aggression, Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases: King’s College London
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Dementia Revealed: Dementia Guide / Toolkit for GPs (NHS England / Department of Health / RCGP)
Summary NHS England has a commitment to improve dementia diagnosis rates. NHS England has published a guide to help GPs perform better on the timely diagnosis of dementia and to offer advice on post-diagnostic support for the person with the … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Antipsychotics, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Delirium, Department of Health, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, Falls, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Use of Benzodiazepines and Increased Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease (BBC News / BMJ)
Summary Long-term use of benzodiazepines, often prescribed for anxiety and sleep problems, appears to be linked to an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease. A French-Canadian team of researchers have found a cumulative dose-effect association between exposure to benzodiazepines (over … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Mental Health, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
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Tagged Anxiety, Behind the Headlines, Benzodiazepine Use and Risk of Alzheimer's Disease, Benzodiazepines, BMJ, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Canada Faculty of Pharmacy: University of Montreal, Dose-Response Effect, Epidemiology, French Institute of Public Health Research (IRESP), French Ministry of Health (Direction Générale de la Santé), French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Funding Agency for Health Research of Quebec (Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec) (FRSQ), INSERM, Inserm Research Center for Epidemiology and Biostatistics: Bordeaux, Insomnia, Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), IRESP (Institut de Recherche en Santé Publique), Pharmacoepidemiology, Prescription Sleeping Pills, Quebec Health Insurance Program Database (RAMQ), Research Center of the University of Montreal Hospital Center (CRCHUM), Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Sedatives, Sleeping Pills, Sleeping Problems, Université de Bordeaux, University of Bordeaux: College of Health Sciences, University of Montreal, University of Montreal Hospital Center
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Renewed Call for Parity of Esteem for Mental and Physical Health (BBC News / Department of Health)
Summary Professor Dame Sally Davies, England’s Chief Medical Officer, has expressed support for giving mental health services a higher priority, with targets for waiting times and better protection for funding. Mental illness is estimated to cost between £70bn and £100bn … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Depression, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to Mental Health Services, Acute Mental Health Services, Addiction to Over-the-Counter Medication, Addictions Dependence and Substance Abuse, Adult Mental Health Services, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care Services, Advice and Support, Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Misuse, Amphetamines, Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer 2013: Public Mental Health Priorities, APMS: Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey, BBC Health News, Beat, Beat (We Need to Talk), Benzodiazepines, Big Data, Big Lottery Fund National Well-being Evaluation, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME), Blood-Based Biomarkers, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (We Need to Talk), British Psychoanalytic Council, British Psychoanalytic Council (We Need to Talk), British Psychological Society, British Psychological Society (We Need to Talk), Burden of Dementia, CAMHS Transitions, Care in General Hospitals, Care 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Pharmacological Treatments for Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Alzheimer’s Disease (Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry)
Summary This systematic review investigates the efficacy and safety of various pharmacological treatments for neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer’s Disease patients. It concludes that cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs) and atypical antipsychotics could improve neuropsychiatric symptoms in these patients, but with poor patient … Continue reading →
Posted in Antipsychotics, Depression, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Systematic Reviews
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Tagged Adverse Drug Reactions, Adverse Effects, Adverse Events, Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism, Antipsychotics Limitation in Dementia, Antipsychotics Side Effects, Antipsychotics-Related Mortality Risks, Antipsychotics: Neuroleptic Sensitivity, Atypical Antipsychotics, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Benzodiazepines, Benzodiazepines for BPSD, BPSD, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Cerebrovascular Adverse Events, ChEIs: Cholinesterase Inhibitors, China, Cholinesterase Inhibitors, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Memantine, Mood Stabilisers, Nanjing Medical University, Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Alzheimer’s Disease, Patient Safety, Pharmacological Treatments for Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Alzheimer’s Disease, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao University, Serious Adverse Events, Shandong Province, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
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Recent Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses on Pharmacological Treatments
Some of the following articles may be available freely where indicated (depending on local circumstances). Access to the full-text of the other articles will require a suitable Athens password, a journal subscription or payment. The Bibliographic Citations Irwin, RW. Brinton, … Continue reading →
Posted in Antipsychotics, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Mental Health, Pharmacological Treatments, Systematic Reviews
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Tagged Allopregnanolone, Anticholinergic Discontinuation, Bacopa Monnieri Extract, Benzodiazepines, Benzodiazepines and Dementia, Benzodiazepines for BPSD, Blood Pressure, Cannabinoids (Medical), Chinese Medicinal Plants, Curcumin, Dexmedetomidine, Drug Cessation, Hypertension, Latrepirdine (Dimebon), Medical Cannabinoids, Secretase Inhibitors, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
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Pharmacotherapies for Sleep Disturbances in Alzheimer’s Disease (Cochrane Database)
Summary This systematic review investigates the efficacy and adverse effects of drug treatments for sleep disturbances in Alzheimer’s Disease. The authors comment on the lack of evidence to guide drug treatment of sleep problems in Alzheimer’s Disease. Full Text Link … Continue reading →
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Pharmacological Treatments, Systematic Reviews, UK
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Tagged Atypical Antipsychotics, Benzodiazepines, Circadian Disturbances in People with Dementia, Circadian Rhythms, Cochrane Database, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Daytime Sleepiness, Division of Sleep Medicine: Boston MA, GABAergic Drugs, Hypersomnia, Hypnotic Drugs, Insomnia, Melatonin, National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke and the Alzheimer’sDisease and RelatedDisorders Association (NINCD-ADRDA), Nocturnal Wandering, Non-Benzodiazepine Hypnotics, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford University, Parasomnia, Pharmacotherapies for Sleep Disturbances in Alzheimer’s Disease, Ramelteon, Rebound Insomnia, Reduced Nocturnal Sleep Time, Rest-Activity and Sleep-Wake Cycles, Sedating Antidepressants, Sleep, Sleep Disturbances, Sleep Disturbances in Alzheimer’s Disease, Sleep Fragmentation, Somnolence, Sundowning, Suprachiasmatic Nuclei (SCN) in the Hypothalamus, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Trazodone, Zaleplon, Zolpidem, Zopiclone
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