Chapter 7: Harmful Effects Flashcards
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Overdose of BZDs (2)
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- not usually lethal and is easily treated with flumazenil
2. fatalities usaully involve concurrent use of alcohol
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Reproduction
withdrawal infants?
Floppy baby syndrome?
-drugs presence in baby after brith?
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- generally not a problem except for infants of mothers who took BDZs chronically while prego …behavioural teratogenic effects (rats), absence of locomotion responses and the acoustic startle responses
- withdrawal symptoms in infants…tremors, irritability, and hyperactivity
- depressing respiration, reluctance to feed and decreasing the ability to maintain norm body temp.
- up to 8 days after delivery (drugs presence)
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BARBs
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have high overdose risk ….whereas BZDs do not
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Deaths solely due to BZDs would be ?
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due to shorter acting drugs like nitrazepam, temazepam and flunitrazepam…
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Doses as high as 2,250 mg of BZDs can be tolerated with :
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- no deep coma or severe respiratory depression and victims can usually be awakened
- sleep and drowsiness