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Drugs to treat anxiety and sleep disorders are still being prescribed for extended periods to British Columbian patients – and i ncreasingly so for baby boomers – despite warnings against long-term use, according to a University of British Columbia study. Published online in the journal Health Policy, the study by researchers at UBC’s Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR) is the first of its kind to examine the use of benzodiazepines (more…)

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Posted: Wed 15 Nov 2006 9:03 am (GMT 1)

In relation to my above post, and for more information on the dangers of XANAX, check out the articles on this site: http://www.benzo.org.uk/xanax.htm

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Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a prevalent and impairing disorder, associated with extensive psychiatric and medical comorbidity and usually characterized by a chronic course. Different drugs have been investigated in GAD; among them are the following: 1) SSRIS: paroxetine, sertraline, fluvoxamine and escitalopram; 2) SNRI1S: venlafaxine; 3) benzodiaze pines (BZS): alprazolam, diazepam and lorazepam; 4) azapirones (AZAS): buspirone; 5) (more…)

Individuals who ordered Ambien, Xanax, Lexapro, and Ativan over the internet received a product that contained haloperidol, a powerful anti-psychotic drug. (Source: FDA MedWatch)

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A rapid CZE method was developed for the simultaneous determination of nine benzodiazepines in spiked beverages (nitrazepam oxazepam, alprazolam, flunitrazepam, temazepam, diazepam, 7-aminoflunitrazepam, 7-aminonitrazepam and 7-aminoclonazepam). The method employed a double-coated capillary coated with poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) and then dextran sulphate. The BGE conditions were 100 mM ammonium phosphate buffer, pH 2.5, which gave (more…)

Previous studies in our laboratory sho wed that cannabinoid CB1 receptor knockout mice (CB1-/-) presented increased anxiety-like behaviours that did not respond to the anxiolytic actions of benzodiazepines. These results suggest that the pharmacological effects of benzodiazepines may involve the participation of cannabinoid CB1 receptors. Therefore, the purpose of t his study was to examine the effects of alprazolam and the cannabinoid CB1 receptor (more…)

Authors: Onalan O, Cumurcu BE, Bekar L
A 63-year-old woman, who had been treated with 20 mg of paroxetine and 0.5 mg of alprazolam daily for 1 year and with 50 mg of metoprolol daily for 15 days, presen ted to a facility elsewhere with presyncope and complete atrioventricular block. Three days after her initial p resentation and cessation of metoprolol treatment, she was transferred to our clinic to be considered for permanent pacemaker implantation. (more…)

Authors: Saha B, Mukherjee A, Samanta S, Saha P, Ghosh AK, Santra CR, Karmakar P
Combined effects of alprazolam (Alp), a member of benzodiazepine group of drugs and caffeine on human cell lines, HeLa and THP1 were investigated in this stu dy. Alp mediated cytotoxicity was enhanced while caffeine was present. The cell death was confirmed by observing morphological changes, LDH assay and membrane anisotropic study. Also such combined effects (more…)

FDA has become aware that a number of Americans who placed orders for specific drug products over the Internet (Ambien, Xanax, Lexapro, and Ativan), instead received a product that, according to preliminary analysis, contains haloperidol, a powerful anti-psychotic drug. (Source: Food and Drug Administration)