Pharmacological interventions for benzodiazepine discontinuation in chronic benzodiazepine users
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Psychomotor performance of long-term benzodiazepine users before, during, and after benzodiazepine discontinuation.
Long-term (mean, 8 years) users of benzodiazepines (BZs) were administered a small battery of cognitive tests on three occasions (before BZ taper, and 5 and 12 weeks post taper) as part of their BZ discontinuation program. Ninety-six patients had 5-week and 77 patients had 12-week data. For taper successes, BZ-free status was confirmed by weekly BZ plasma level determinations. Age and education...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1465-1858
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd011481.pub2