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SedativeHypnotics Page xFFFD Pharmacy xFFFD2 Principle of Drug Mechanisms Page xFFFD Chemistry Molecular Pharmacology xFFFDll of the benzodiazepines have the same general chemical st. Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs. Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs. Drugs that depress CNS function. Primarily used to treat anxiety and insomnia. Antianxiety agents or anxiolytics. Distinction between antianxiety effects and hypnotic effects is often a matter of dosage. Tapas. Depressants . Class?. What do you think a depressant is?. What are some types of depressants?. What Are Depressant. Depressants are drugs that act on the brain and spinal cord (also known as the central nervous system).. Addiction Therapy 2015. Florida. , USA. August 03-08, 2015. Detoxification Methods of Benzodiazepines Mono-Dependence: Application and Comparison. Ehab. Ramadan . Professor of psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry department . Anxiolytics. :. Benzodiazepines & others. Tracy A. Womble, . Ph.D. Florida A&M University . College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. SEDATIVE-HYPNOTICS . History of Sedatives. Alcohol, the oldest known sedative. Community Behavioral Health (CBH) Replication of Community Care Behavioral Health (CCBH) Study. Matthew O. Hurford, M.D.. Chief Medical Officer, CBH. Assistant Professor, Univ. of Penn.. Objective. Identify Community Behavioral Health (CBH) Members in Philadelphia who are in methadone treatment and concurrently on benzodiazepines or opiates.. Gabriel J. Thompson. TYPE OF DRUG. A . benzodiazepine. also known as “. BENZO. ". or . “DIAZEPAM”. . is a psychoactive drug. . HISTORY. The first such drug, chlordiazepoxide, was discovered accidentally by Leo Sternbach in 1955, and made available in 1960 by Hoffmann–La Roche, which has also marketed Valium since 1963.. Andrew Straznitskas, . PharmD. , BCPS. Clinical Pharmacist, Medical Intensive Care Unit. Bellevue Hospital Center. NYSCHP 2015 Critical Care Program: Downstate . October 2, 2015. Disclosure. The presenter has no conflicts of interest to disclose. Project ECHO. February 18, 2016. Jonathan Emens, M.D.. Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine. Oregon Health & Science University. Staff Physician and Sleep Program Director. August2013. GSHarnisch. Anti-psychotics. Anti-depressants. Anti-anxiety. Mood stabilisers. Sleeping pills. Medication to manage side-effects. 16/06/2013. GSHarnisch. Common used drugs in Psychiatry. All medication have side effects. Drug abuse . is . inappropriate. and usually . excessive. , . self-administration. of a . psychoactive . drug for . non-medical purposes.. Almost all abused drugs exert . their effects in the CNS . Daryl Shorter, MD. Staff Psychiatrist. Michael E. . DeBakey. VA Medical Center. March 2, 2017. Objectives . - By the completion of the presentation, learners will be able to:. (1) List risk factors for misuse, diversion, and/or dependence upon opioid medications and benzodiazepines. Zelda Summers & K M Gangineni. Introduction. GHB is a naturally occurring short chain fatty acid related to gamma amino butyric acid found in peripheral organs including heart, liver, brain, kidney, cardiac and skeletal muscles.. Anxiolytic. and Hypnotic drugs. Anxiety is unpleasant state of tension and fear that seems to arise from unknown source.. The symptoms of severe anxiety are similar to those of fear (such as tachycardia, palpitation) and involve sympathetic activation..  BPJ Overuse of benzodiazepines: Benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine-like hypnotics and anxiolytics are medicines which bring about a state of sedation, increased sleepiness, relaxation and i