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Do Benzodiazepines Still Need to be Used?

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  • Michel Bourin

    (Neurobiology of anxiety and depression, University of Nantes, France)

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In recent years, the use of benzodiazepines has decreased significantly without completely ceasing. The biggest disadvantage in their use is the addiction plus also a deshinbition badly mastered which may induce the passage to the suicidal act. However, the risk benefit remains favorable to the molecules because of their low toxicity. The French Agency for Drugs, following the representatives of the Special Interest Group on Psychopharmacology of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the British Association for Psychopharmacology, examined these developments and recommended clinical practices. These different working groups re-examined the advantages and disadvantages of benzodiazepines in particular in the elderly and in bipolar patients. The British being much less severe than before. The synthesis of different opinions based on recent studies shows that benzodiazepines can be used in an intermittent way with minimal risks provided that patients are selected.

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  • Michel Bourin, 2017. "Do Benzodiazepines Still Need to be Used?," Open Access Journal of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 5(4), pages 74-78, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:joajnn:v:5:y:2017:i:4:p:74-78
    DOI: 10.19080/OAJNN.2017.05.555670
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