PPT-Prescribing and Tapering Benzodiazepines

Introduction The use of benzodiazepines has grown over time and evidence has shown that long term use of these drugs has very little benefit with many risks involved Many providers are receiving new patients on benzodiazepines and are uncomfortable with managing their treatment regimen. 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 . What’s different about paediatric prescribing. Children are just . small adults. NOT!. Vary in their developmental stages. Pre-term, neonates, infants, children, adolescents. Dynamic anatomy and physiology. These are anti-anxiety agents used to control moderate or severe tension. .  . Classification. :. Benzodiazepines (BZP).. Propanediol. . carbamate. .. Azaspirodecanediones. .. 1. CNS depressants. They are the drugs of choice used as:. Dr L . Varadhan. C2017 Meeting – Doctor as Practitioner. 1. st. June 2016. Agenda. Current teaching offered year-wise in hospitals. What is expected at the end of academic years. Broad overview of changes needed. . Bromley by bow centre presentation. July 2014. Social Determinants of Health. The issue we sought to address . . O. ver . 50% of health need is socially . determined. .. Areas . where the population has poor social determinants of health, such as Tower Hamlets, have the following characteristics : . Anthony Oxley – Head of Pharmacy. The Driver for Implementing EPMA?. Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Health Services.. Prince2 Project . JAC User. Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust. Robert L. DuPont, MD. President, Institute for Behavior and Health, Inc.. www.ibhinc.org. . Kolodner Memorial Lecture: October 20, 2016. Learning Objectives. Separate physiological dependence from addiction in benzodiazepine use . Alicia Craig-Rodriguez, DNP-c, MBA. , BSN, . RN. Florida State University. Cynthia Drew, MSN, ARNP. Presented to the 2015 FLANP Annual Meeting. August 8, 2015. Objectives. Demonstrate . Abdullahi Mubarak, . mD. Associate Clinical Professor. Wright state Univ.. Addiction Medicine (ASAM). Objectives. Understanding the general principles of tapering controlled substances. Understand the general objectives of medication tapering. Sujo . Anathhanam . Megan Humphreys. academy@yhahsn.nhs.uk / 01274 383966. www.improvementacademy.org. #. WeStopMeds. Polypharmacy: the problem. 1/3. of ≥ 75 year olds are taking at least six medicines.. Florida. , USA. August 03-08, 2015. Detoxification Methods of Benzodiazepines Mono-Dependence: Application and Comparison. Ehab. Ramadan . Professor of psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry department . Faculty of Medicine . Storage. Fusiform. : Swollen in the middle, gradually tapering on both ends. . E.g.Raddish. Napiform. :swollen at base, tapering at apex e.g. Beet root. Conical: Broad at base and gradually tapering towards apex. e.g. carrot. 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