Georgia Academy of Family Physicians’ Post

Antipsychotic medications can lead to blood abnormalities, making regular complete blood count examinations crucial. Healthcare providers must educate patients on the potential occurrence of blood dyscrasias, especially among those on long-term antipsychotic treatment. So, Our critical care medicine team described a case report of a life-threatening scenario involving pancytopenia to emphasize the importance of monitoring blood counts. #casereport #antipsychotic #criticalcaremedicine #clinicalpharmacy https://lnkd.in/dHEZPdpQ

#tms #adolescents rTMS combined with antidepressants enhanced the efficacy of the antidepressant medication. https://lnkd.in/gKVTc3du

Cont. of the effects of Benzos: -There is no such thing as a “baby dose” of a benzo. 1 mg of Xanax = to 20 mg of Valium. 1 mg of Ativan = to 10 mg of Valium. “Baby dose” was a term pushed by the big pharma marketing against Valium dose, which Drs picked up. -According to Yale, 130M Americans are prescribed Benzos and studies show that 80-100% of people will experience benzo WD effects. 1 in 6 will suffer from BIND leaving them possibly disabled & fighting for their life. -Benzo WD & BIND sits on a LARGE spectrum: from anxiety, insomnia, panic attacks, itching, depression -TO- seizures, akathisia, hallucinations, occipital neuralgia, electrocutions, neuropathy, vertigo, hormone receptor damage, loss of mobility, pseudo dementia, POTS, “benzo belly”, lung suppression, agoraphobia, monophobia, DP/DR, mania, suicidal ideation, depression, PTSD, death, & 100’s more symptoms.  -“Kindling” is a phenomenon when a user discontinues their Benzo (or rapid taper) & then goes back onto a benzo. This increases odds of getting BIND. -Interdose intolerance often occurs during Benzo use. Which refers to Benzo WD symptoms in btw doses. Unfortunately, this is commonly misdiagnosed w/ other psychiatric illnesses & doctors tend to polydrug a patient. -Benzos use, interdose, WD & BIND can lead to suicide. -In the US we cannot open a class-act lawsuit against generic pharmaceutical companies, this came after a class-act lawsuit against Benozs in the UK -The gov has not done more on this matter due to pharmaceutical lobbyists, similar to the Opioid crisis.   -Drs NEED to continue prescribing Benzos to patients who are already on it, due to the dangers of cold-turkey & rapid taper.  -Due to benzo education, lawsuits are being made & won. There are EGG scans that show brain damage, expert psychiatrist witnesses & the FDA black boxed warning has helped win cases. Due to the lack of medical education- many are commonly misdiagnosed w/ one or multiple of the following: MS, ASL, Parkinson’s, Fibromyalgia, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Lupus, Lyme, Nerve Damage, Schizophrenia, Bipolar, Multiple Personality Disorder, Manic, etc. Benzos can mimic some to all of these illnesses at the same time. ALL people will heal from benzo WD and BIND, but no one can give a timeline. It can take months to several years. The brain needs time to heal from the synthetic damage. When I was first put on benzos I thought they were a miracle drug, like many, but soon enough they would be the thing trying to take my life. The protocols & help I got as a last resort were the things that actually helped me on all fronts, not the “medicine” that was pushed on me by very uneducated Drs. Please take back reverence. Do your own research when diagnosed or prescribed. Get a second or third opinion. See other types of Drs like Functional, Homeopathic or a Shamen. Benzo Information Coalition: Benzoinfo.com Benzo Support Resources: https://lnkd.in/ep4DCs4w Benzo Support Forum: Benzobuddies.org

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Check out our new article on benzodiazepine use in older outpatients across 7 different European countries. It brings an interesting insight into use of this potentially inappropriate group of medications and factors associated with country specific patterns. https://lnkd.in/e7ty3QVq

Ageing affects us all differently, with varied physical, mental, and social changes presenting the older we get. Is age the best measure to fully capture the complexity of increased adverse reaction risk in older patients? For #UppsalaReports, Giovanni Furlan and Jennifer Mary Stevenson, PhD argue that we should broaden our approach to #pharmacovigilance practices and consider frailty instead. Read more at the link below👇

Very insightful article: Pharmacovigilance practices have considered age as a risk factor for increased risk of ADRs for many years. However, using age alone oversimplifies this relationship between age and medicinal harm. Frailty as a measure better captures the factors that lead to medicinal harm in older adults, but further work is needed to include it in individual case safety reports so that this parameter, alongside age, can be used to identify patients’ categories at an increased of experiencing ADRs. With better measures, we may more reliably monitor medicines safety in this patient group.

Study to Evaluate Deprescribing in Reducing Fall Risks Among Elderly Patients A study will be conducted to investigate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a deprescribing intervention using the ARMOR tool in reducing fall risks in older adults who are taking fall risk-increasing drugs