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Benzodiazepine abuse is steadily increasing and is now a major public health problem. Benzodiazepine abuse is mostly limited to individuals who abuse other drugs, i.e. poly-drug abusers. Most prescribed users do not abuse their medication, however, some high dose prescribed users do become involved with the illicit drug scene.
This disproportionality brings attention to the withdrawal symptoms in children under two years of age, deliberate misuse in children from 2 to 11 years old and abuse in adolescents from 12 to 17 years old. Such disproportionality may be attributed to the increase of off-label antipsychotic usage and the overdose issue.
Meclizine is effective in inhibiting nausea, vomiting, and dizziness caused by motion sickness. [10] The drug is safe for treating nausea in pregnancy and is a first-line therapy for this use. [11] [12] Meclizine may not be strong enough for especially sickening motion stimuli, and second-line defenses should be tried in those cases. [13]
The consensus is to reduce dosage gradually over several weeks, e.g. 4 or more weeks for diazepam doses over 30 mg/day, [1] with the rate determined by the person's ability to tolerate symptoms. [120] The recommended reduction rates range from 50% of the initial dose every week or so, [121] to 10–25% of the daily dose every 2 weeks. [120]
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"The CDC milestones have been unchanged for many years," Tsomos tells Yahoo Life, "and these updates are especially important for parents of older children who may not have been assessed according ...
Benzodiazepine dependence is a frequent complication for those prescribed for or using for longer than four weeks, with physical dependence and withdrawal symptoms being the most common problem, but also occasionally drug-seeking behavior.
Temazepam is a drug with a high potential for misuse. [66] Benzodiazepines have been abused orally and intravenously. Different benzodiazepines have different abuse potential; the more rapid the increase in the plasma level following ingestion, the greater the intoxicating effect and the more open to abuse the drug becomes.