A doença de coronavírus 2019 (COVID-19) causou impactos na saúde mental da população e vários estudos mostraram um aumento nas taxas ansiedade, depressão, insônia estresse durante o período pandêmico. Os benzodiazepínicos (BZDs) têm sido comumente prescritos para tratamento ansiedade últimas décadas. Assim, a pesquisa buscou realizar uma análise comparativa das vendas BZDs antes pandemia Covid-...

Objectives: To assess the prevalence and sociodemographic characteristics associated with benzodiazepine use among communitydwelling older adults. Method: 1606 subjects, aged  60 years, corresponding to 92% of the residents of Bambuí city, participated in this study. The information about medication use was obtained by means of a standard interview and the review of medication packaging. Subst...

Introduction Primary delusional infestation is a rare psychiatric condition in which patients mistakenly believe that their skin or other body parts are infested by small, living organisms, despite the fact no organisms can be found upon investigation. The delusion occurs concurrently with abnormal cutaneous sensations. Therefore, they typically have history of prior negative evaluations dermat...

BACKGROUND The main aims of the programme were to highlight the incidence of adverse reactions to the drugs monitored and to define the risk/benefit ratio taking account of the main physiological and physiopathological variations of patients. This paper reports the results of the programme regarding to adverse effects correlated to the use of some psychiatric drugs (benzodiazepines and neurolep...

Background: Maprotiline is a tricyclic antidepressant (sometimes classifi ed as a tetracyclic antidepressant), which is predominantly a norepinephrine/noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor, commonly prescribed for depression. Aim: To present a female patient with depressive episode and occurrence of hyponatremia during the maprotiline treatment. Case Report: A 62-year-old female was diagnosed with d...

Objectives: Cross-sectional observational study of a series SLE patients selected from the Rheumatology consultations. Methods: age ≥18 years with (ACR 1997 criteria) capable understanding and willing to take questionnaires. Protocol: All undergoing follow-up in rheumatology clinic are recorded database. A telephone call was made all included database those who responded gave their verbal conse...

robbery when his wife came to the neurology department at our hospital, in May, 1997, to ask for advice. At the age of 33, her husband had had a subarachnoid haemorrhage due to a ruptured aneurysm of the anterior communicating artery, and had undergone surgery a few days later. Up to then, he had no medical or psychiatric history, and had never been in trouble. He was married, had a daughter, a...

INTRODUCTION Mexazolam is indicated for the management of anxiety with or without psychoneurotic conditions. In adult patients, the recommended daily dosage of mexazolam is 1-3 mg, administered three times daily. The objective of this article is to review the available information on the benzodiazepine (BZD) mexazolam and its clinical utility in treating patients with anxiety. METHODS The Pub...

BACKGROUND Several medications commonly used to treat generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) have been designated "potentially inappropriate" for use in patients aged > or =65 years because their risks may outweigh their potential benefits. The actual extent of use of these agents in clinical practice is unknown, however. METHODS Using a database with information from encounters with general prac...