Benzodiazepine Use in Older Adults: Dangers, Management, and Alternative Therapies

2016/11/01 by Matej Markota, Teresa A. Rummans, John Michael Bostwick +2 · 31 citations
Medicine · Neuroscience · Nursing · Psychology · #Adverse effect #Anxiety #Benzodiazepine #Geriatrics #Insomnia #Intensive care medicine #Medical prescription #Medicine #Nursing #Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes #Psychiatry #Sleep and Wakefulness Research #Sleep and related disorders

paper · doi:10.1016/j.mayocp.2016.07.024

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