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how to deal with panic attacks without drugs
how to deal with panic attacks without drugs. Questions to ask the person who is unduly worried • How long have you felt like this? The longer the duration, the more severe the problem is likely to be. • How did these feelings begin? Find out whether any life events occurred that may have triggered […]
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Most Common Drugs for Epilepsy
Prescribing drugs for a person with epilepsy • Select the drug of choice for the particular type of epilepsy. In general, carbamazepine is an effective and safe drug for both main types of epilepsy in adults. Sodium valproate is another effective drug. Phenytoin and phenobarbitone are useful mainly for generalised epilepsy. • Cost and side-effects […]
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Withdrawal from non-opioid drugs
To withdraw a patient from any benzodiazepine, fi rst convert the misused drug into an equivalent dose of diazepam, chosen because of its long half-life. Reduce the diazepam dose by 2 mg a fortnight over a period of two to six months. Even those individuals on large amounts of benzodiazepines can be reduced fairly rapidly. […]
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Anti-anxiety and sedative-hypnotic drugs
Benzodiazepines are the most widely prescribed group of drugs in the world although in recent years their popularity has waned because of their potential to cause tolerance and dependence. Benzodiazepines have a wide range of uses including anxiety, anxiety-related phobias, alcohol withdrawal and sleep disorders. They are also widely used in the treatment of acute […]
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