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1982329

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
18
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-5-22
pubmed:abstractText
We interviewed 219 patients with a questionnaire to evaluate the prevalence of insomnia, and to assess whether benzodiazepine therapy was correctly indicated. Insomnia was present in 86 patients (39%), being initial in more than one half. Thirty-two of the patients with insomnia were receiving benzodiazepines (37%), 24 of whom (75%) had been treated for more than one year. The drug was incorrectly indicated in 18 (56%), in most cases because it was inappropriate for the type of the patient's insomnia. In six of these patients (33%), incorrect indication was related with self-medication. The benzodiazepine was incorrectly indicated in all the patients with diurnal oversedation. We emphasize the frequency of incorrect indications of these drugs, and we insist on the need that general practitioners have of a better knowledge of the pharmacokinetics of each drug, which is the basis for a correct indication.
pubmed:language
spa
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0025-7753
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
24
pubmed:volume
95
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
681-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
[The indications for benzodiazepines in the treatment of insomnia].
pubmed:affiliation
Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Regional Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract