Use of anxiolytic or hypnotic drugs and total mortality in a general middle-aged population
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Sedative-Hypnotic and Anxiolytic Drugs
The primary use of sedative–hypnotic and anxiolytic drugs is to encourage calmness (anxiolytics or sedatives) or to produce sleep (sedative–hypnotics). All people are subject to states of emotional tension and uneasiness. For otherwise healthy individuals, these occasions are usually sufficiently mild and short that pharmacological intervention is unnecessary. However, at times the symptoms of ...
متن کاملMortality hazard associated with anxiolytic and hypnotic drug use in the National Population Health Survey.
OBJECTIVE Although widely used in the general population, sleeping pills and minor tranquilizers, also known as antianxiety agents, have been associated with undesirable outcomes. Reports about the association of these drugs with an elevated mortality rate are inconsistent and controversial. This study was designed to assess the mortality hazard associated with anxiolytic and hypnotic drug use ...
متن کاملNeighbourhood social participation and women's use of anxiolytic-hypnotic drugs: a multilevel analysis.
STUDY OBJECTIVES To identify and quantify a hypothesised collective effect of the neighbourhood on individual use of anxiolytic-hypnotic drugs (AHD). To analyse the general impact of neighbourhood social participation on use of AHD, adjusting for individual characteristics. DESIGN Cross sectional analysis performed by multilevel logistic regression with women at the first level and neighbourh...
متن کاملThree decades of antidepressant, anxiolytic and hypnotic use in a national population birth cohort.
BACKGROUND Psychotropic medication use is common and increasing. Use of such drugs at the individual level over long periods has not been reported. AIMS To describe antidepressant, anxiolytic and hypnotic drug use, and associations between such medication use and common mental disorder, over a 22-year period. METHOD Questions about psychotropic medication use and symptoms of common mental d...
متن کاملMultimorbidity and use of hypnotic and anxiolytic drugs: cross-sectional and follow-up study in primary healthcare in Iceland
BACKGROUND The prevalence of multimorbidity is increasing worldwide, presumably leading to an increased use of medicines. During the last decades the use of hypnotic and anxiolytic benzodiazepine derivatives and related drugs has increased dramatically. These drugs are frequently prescribed for people with a sleep disorder often merely designated as "insomnia" in the medical records and lacking...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1053-8569,1099-1557
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1417