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flurazepam and Drug Withdrawal Symptoms

flurazepam has been researched along with Drug Withdrawal Symptoms in 40 studies

Flurazepam: A benzodiazepine derivative used mainly as a hypnotic.
flurazepam : A 1,4-benzodiazepinone that is 1,3-dihydro-2H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one substituted by a 2-(diethylamino)ethyl group, 2-fluorophenyl group and chloro group at positions 1, 5 and 7, respectively. It is a partial agonist of GABAA receptors and used for the treatment of insomnia.

Research Excerpts

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"Hypnotic efficacy and safety of 3 weeks of daily doses of 2 mg lorazepam or 30 mg flurazepam were compared in a double-blind cross-over study in eight chronic insomniacs between the ages of 29 and 60 years."9.06Comparison of lorazepam and flurazepam as hypnotic agents in chronic insomniacs. ( Chang, H; McClure, DJ; Olah, A; Pecknold, JC; Walsh, J; Wilson, R, 1988)
" The effects of the calcium channel blocking agent, nitrendipine, were studied on seizures in mice produced during withdrawal from chronic benzodiazepine treatment and on the development of tolerance to benzodiazepines."7.68Nitrendipine decreases benzodiazepine withdrawal seizures but not the development of benzodiazepine tolerance or withdrawal signs. ( Bowhay, AR; Dolin, SJ; Little, HJ; Patch, TL; Rabbani, M; Siarey, RJ, 1990)
"Hypnotic efficacy and safety of 3 weeks of daily doses of 2 mg lorazepam or 30 mg flurazepam were compared in a double-blind cross-over study in eight chronic insomniacs between the ages of 29 and 60 years."5.06Comparison of lorazepam and flurazepam as hypnotic agents in chronic insomniacs. ( Chang, H; McClure, DJ; Olah, A; Pecknold, JC; Walsh, J; Wilson, R, 1988)
"Eleven patients suffering from chronic insomnia were given 30 mg flurazepam for 28 nights."5.05A clinical study of flurazepam. ( Garnett, D; Gillin, JC; Greenblatt, DJ; Mendelson, WB; Weingartner, H, 1982)
" The effects of the calcium channel blocking agent, nitrendipine, were studied on seizures in mice produced during withdrawal from chronic benzodiazepine treatment and on the development of tolerance to benzodiazepines."3.68Nitrendipine decreases benzodiazepine withdrawal seizures but not the development of benzodiazepine tolerance or withdrawal signs. ( Bowhay, AR; Dolin, SJ; Little, HJ; Patch, TL; Rabbani, M; Siarey, RJ, 1990)
"A male patient with chronic insomnia experienced withdrawal symptoms when flurazepam (30 mg h."3.66Withdrawal symptoms after long-term treatment with therapeutic doses of flurazepam: a case report. ( Berlin, RM; Conell, LJ, 1983)
"Some withdrawal symptoms were distinct from those of anxiety (e."2.66Withdrawal reaction after long-term therapeutic use of benzodiazepines. ( Busto, U; Cappell, H; Naranjo, CA; Sanchez-Craig, M; Sellers, EM; Sykora, K, 1986)
"Rebound insomnia, a worsening of sleep compared with pretreatment levels, has been reported upon discontinuation of short half-life benzodiazepine hypnotics."2.38Rebound insomnia: a critical review. ( Gillin, JC; Johnson, LC; Spinweber, CL, 1989)
"Flurazepam is a long elimination half-life drug, and there is significant daytime sedation during short term use; with continued use this effect diminishes."2.36Sleep laboratory studies of hypnotic drugs: efficacy and withdrawal effects. ( Kales, A; Kales, JD, 1983)
"The diagnosis and treatment of insomnia is a major clinical issue."2.36Rational basis for the use of sleeping pills. ( Dement, WC, 1983)
"To assess pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties of acute, subchronic and withdrawn quazepam, a single-blind, longitudinal study was run in eight male, healthy young volunteers."1.28Longitudinal study on pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of acute, steady-state and withdrawn quazepam. ( Kauert, G; Klausnitzer, W; Schaffler, K; Wauschkuhn, CH, 1989)
" Some loss of effectiveness was noted during long-term use of both doses of quazepam and, to a lesser extent, of flurazepam."1.26Quazepam and flurazepam: long-term use and extended withdrawal. ( Bixler, EO; Jacoby, J; Kales, A; Kales, JD; Soldatos, CR; Vela-Bueno, A, 1982)

Research

Studies (40)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-199032 (80.00)18.7374
1990's3 (7.50)18.2507
2000's2 (5.00)29.6817
2010's3 (7.50)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Blednov, YA1
Benavidez, JM1
Black, M1
Mayfield, J1
Harris, RA1
Shen, G2
Van Sickle, BJ1
Tietz, EI4
Earl, DE1
Das, P1
Gunning, WT1
Song, J1
Greenfield, LJ1
Xiang, K1
Kales, A6
Kales, JD6
Shader, RI1
Conell, LJ2
Berlin, RM2
Mitler, MM1
Seidel, WF1
van den Hoed, J1
Greenblatt, DJ2
Dement, WC2
Feldbaum, JS1
Olajide, D1
Lader, M1
Scharf, MB2
Feil, P1
Pearlman, T1
Adam, K1
Oswald, I1
Mendelson, WB1
Weingartner, H1
Garnett, D1
Gillin, JC2
Rosenberg, HC2
Chiu, TH2
Rogalski, CJ1
Lahmeyer, HW1
Bixler, EO4
Soldatos, CR3
Vela-Bueno, A1
Jacoby, J1
Ladewig, D1
Reigel, CE1
Bourn, WM1
Poisbeau, P1
Williams, SR1
Mody, I1
Cannizzaro, G1
Provenzano, PM1
Brucato, A1
Gianguzza, S1
Becker, CE1
Roe, R1
Scott, R1
Tong, T1
Boerner, U1
Luce, J1
Dolin, SJ1
Patch, TL1
Rabbani, M1
Siarey, RJ1
Bowhay, AR1
Little, HJ1
Schaffler, K1
Kauert, G1
Wauschkuhn, CH1
Klausnitzer, W1
Spinweber, CL1
Johnson, LC1
Jacoby, JA1
Brubaker, BH1
Busto, U1
Sellers, EM1
Naranjo, CA1
Cappell, H1
Sanchez-Craig, M1
Sykora, K1
McClure, DJ1
Walsh, J1
Chang, H1
Olah, A1
Wilson, R1
Pecknold, JC1
Fleming, JA1
Rungta, K1
Isomura, T1
McMillan, MJ1
Tan, TL1
Hussey, HH1
Banerjee, U1

Reviews

5 reviews available for flurazepam and Drug Withdrawal Symptoms

ArticleYear
Sleep laboratory studies of hypnotic drugs: efficacy and withdrawal effects.
    Journal of clinical psychopharmacology, 1983, Volume: 3, Issue:2

    Topics: Anti-Anxiety Agents; Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; Anxiety; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Fl

1983
Rational basis for the use of sleeping pills.
    Pharmacology, 1983, Volume: 27 Suppl 2

    Topics: Anxiety; Chronic Disease; Flurazepam; Humans; Hypnotics and Sedatives; Kinetics; Sleep; Sleep Initia

1983
Rebound insomnia: a critical review.
    Journal of clinical psychopharmacology, 1989, Volume: 9, Issue:3

    Topics: Anti-Anxiety Agents; Flurazepam; Humans; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders; Sleep Stages; S

1989
Time course for development of benzodiazepine tolerance and physical dependence.
    Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews, 1985,Spring, Volume: 9, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Anti-Anxiety Agents; Benzodiazepinones; Diazepam; Drug Tolerance; Flumazenil; Flurazepam; H

1985
Rebound insomnia and elimination half-life: assessment of individual subject response.
    Journal of clinical pharmacology, 1985, Volume: 25, Issue:2

    Topics: Adult; Anti-Anxiety Agents; Benzodiazepines; Clinical Trials as Topic; Dose-Response Relationship, D

1985

Trials

5 trials available for flurazepam and Drug Withdrawal Symptoms

ArticleYear
Comparative hypnotic effects of flurazepam, triazolam, and placebo: a long-term simultaneous nighttime and daytime study.
    Journal of clinical psychopharmacology, 1984, Volume: 4, Issue:1

    Topics: Adult; Anti-Anxiety Agents; Female; Flurazepam; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Sleep; Sleep Stages; Subs

1984
A clinical study of flurazepam.
    Sleep, 1982, Volume: 5, Issue:4

    Topics: Clinical Trials as Topic; Cognition; Drug Evaluation; Electroencephalography; Flurazepam; Humans; Ps

1982
Rebound insomnia and elimination half-life: assessment of individual subject response.
    Journal of clinical pharmacology, 1985, Volume: 25, Issue:2

    Topics: Adult; Anti-Anxiety Agents; Benzodiazepines; Clinical Trials as Topic; Dose-Response Relationship, D

1985
Withdrawal reaction after long-term therapeutic use of benzodiazepines.
    The New England journal of medicine, 1986, Oct-02, Volume: 315, Issue:14

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Anxiety; Benzodiazepines; Diazepam; Double-Blind Method; Female; Flurazepam

1986
Comparison of lorazepam and flurazepam as hypnotic agents in chronic insomniacs.
    Journal of clinical pharmacology, 1988, Volume: 28, Issue:1

    Topics: Adult; Arousal; Chronic Disease; Clinical Trials as Topic; Double-Blind Method; Electroencephalograp

1988

Other Studies

31 other studies available for flurazepam and Drug Withdrawal Symptoms

ArticleYear
Role of interleukin-1 receptor signaling in the behavioral effects of ethanol and benzodiazepines.
    Neuropharmacology, 2015, Volume: 95

    Topics: Alcohol Drinking; Animals; Avoidance Learning; Behavior, Animal; Benzodiazepines; Ethanol; Female; F

2015
Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II mediates hippocampal glutamatergic plasticity during benzodiazepine withdrawal.
    Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2010, Volume: 35, Issue:9

    Topics: Animals; Behavior, Animal; Benzodiazepines; Biophysical Phenomena; Biophysics; Calcium-Calmodulin-De

2010
Regulation of Ca²⁺/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II signaling within hippocampal glutamatergic postsynapses during flurazepam withdrawal.
    Neural plasticity, 2012, Volume: 2012

    Topics: Animals; CA1 Region, Hippocampal; Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; Dendritic Spin

2012
Benzodiazepine withdrawal-induced glutamatergic plasticity involves up-regulation of GluR1-containing alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid receptors in Hippocampal CA1 neurons.
    The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 2007, Volume: 322, Issue:2

    Topics: Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; Animals; Benzodiazepines; Cell Membrane; Cytoplasm; Flurazepam

2007
Benzodiazepine-induced hippocampal CA1 neuron alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxasole-4-propionic acid (AMPA) receptor plasticity linked to severity of withdrawal anxiety: differential role of voltage-gated calcium channels and N-methyl-D-aspartic acid re
    Behavioural pharmacology, 2007, Volume: 18, Issue:5-6

    Topics: Animals; Anxiety; Benzodiazepines; Calcium Channels, L-Type; Disease Models, Animal; Dizocilpine Mal

2007
Choice of benzodiazepines.
    The Medical letter on drugs and therapeutics, 1981, May-01, Volume: 23, Issue:9

    Topics: Aged; Anti-Anxiety Agents; Anxiety; Chlordiazepoxide; Diazepam; Flurazepam; Half-Life; Humans; Liver

1981
Benzodiazepines in clinical medicine: discussion.
    British journal of clinical pharmacology, 1981, Volume: 11 Suppl 1

    Topics: Anti-Anxiety Agents; Diazepam; Flurazepam; Half-Life; Humans; Protein Binding; Substance Withdrawal

1981
Withdrawal after substitution of a short-acting for a long-acting benzodiazepine.
    JAMA, 1983, Nov-25, Volume: 250, Issue:20

    Topics: Anti-Anxiety Agents; Anxiety; Chronic Disease; Delayed-Action Preparations; Diazepam; Flurazepam; Ha

1983
Inadvertent benzodiazepine withdrawal.
    American family physician, 1984, Volume: 30, Issue:4

    Topics: Anti-Anxiety Agents; Flurazepam; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorde

1984
Depression following withdrawal from long-term benzodiazepine use: a report of four cases.
    Psychological medicine, 1984, Volume: 14, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Anti-Anxiety Agents; Depressive Disorder; Diazepam; Female; Flurazepam; Humans; Lorazepam; Ma

1984
Acute effects of drug administration and withdrawal on the benzodiazepine receptor.
    Life sciences, 1983, Apr-11, Volume: 32, Issue:15

    Topics: Animals; Benzodiazepines; Cerebral Cortex; Clonazepam; Diazepam; Flurazepam; Humans; Lorazepam; Male

1983
Withdrawal symptoms after long-term treatment with flurazepam.
    The American journal of psychiatry, 1984, Volume: 141, Issue:1

    Topics: Anxiety Disorders; Depressive Disorder; Diazepam; Flurazepam; Humans; Sleep Initiation and Maintenan

1984
Effects of lormetazepam and of flurazepam on sleep.
    British journal of clinical pharmacology, 1984, Volume: 17, Issue:5

    Topics: Aged; Anti-Anxiety Agents; Benzodiazepines; Double-Blind Method; Female; Flurazepam; Half-Life; Huma

1984
An antagonist-induced benzodiazepine abstinence syndrome.
    European journal of pharmacology, 1982, Jun-16, Volume: 81, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Benzodiazepines; Benzodiazepinones; Cats; Flumazenil; Flurazepam; Humans; Substance Withdra

1982
Withdrawal symptoms after long-term treatment with therapeutic doses of flurazepam: a case report.
    The American journal of psychiatry, 1983, Volume: 140, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Chronic Disease; Flurazepam; Humans; Male; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders; Substa

1983
Effect of the hypnotic flurazepam on the sleep of pentazocine and heroin addicts during withdrawal.
    The International journal of the addictions, 1983, Volume: 18, Issue:3

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Flurazepam; Heroin Dependence; Humans; Male; Methadone; Middle Aged; Pentazocine;

1983
Quazepam and flurazepam: long-term use and extended withdrawal.
    Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics, 1982, Volume: 32, Issue:6

    Topics: Adult; Anti-Anxiety Agents; Benzodiazepines; Drug Evaluation; Flurazepam; Half-Life; Humans; Middle

1982
Systematic review of the benzodiazepines. Guidelines for data sheets on diazepam, chlordiazepoxide, medazepam, clorazepate, lorazepam, oxazepam, temazepam, triazolam, nitrazepam, and flurazepam. Committee on the Review of Medicines.
    British medical journal, 1980, Mar-29, Volume: 280, Issue:6218

    Topics: Benzodiazepines; Chlordiazepoxide; Clorazepate Dipotassium; Diazepam; Flurazepam; Humans; Lorazepam;

1980
[Does a rebound insomnia following benzodiazepine administration exist?].
    Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946), 1980, Oct-24, Volume: 105, Issue:43

    Topics: Benzodiazepines; Diazepam; Flunitrazepam; Flurazepam; Humans; Nitrazepam; Sleep Initiation and Maint

1980
Effects of barbital or diazepam withdrawal on seizure thresholds to bicuculline, picrotoxin and flurazepam.
    Proceedings of the Western Pharmacology Society, 1995, Volume: 38

    Topics: Animals; Barbital; Bicuculline; Convulsants; Diazepam; Flurazepam; Male; Picrotoxin; Rats; Rats, Spr

1995
Silent GABAA synapses during flurazepam withdrawal are region-specific in the hippocampal formation.
    The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 1997, May-15, Volume: 17, Issue:10

    Topics: Animals; Flurazepam; GABA Modulators; Hippocampus; Patch-Clamp Techniques; Rats; Receptors, GABA-A;

1997
Influence of the suspension of continued treatment with flurazepam and amobarbital on two discrimination learning schedules.
    Psychopharmacology, 1977, Aug-16, Volume: 53, Issue:3

    Topics: Acoustic Stimulation; Amobarbital; Animals; Anti-Anxiety Agents; Discrimination Learning; Flurazepam

1977
Rational drug therapy of alcoholism with sedative hypnotic drugs! Is this possible?
    Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1975, Apr-25, Volume: 252

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Alcoholism; Antipsychotic Agents; Anxiety; Barbiturates; Community Mental Heal

1975
Nitrendipine decreases benzodiazepine withdrawal seizures but not the development of benzodiazepine tolerance or withdrawal signs.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1990, Volume: 101, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Benzodiazepines; Calcium Channels; Carbolines; Drug Tolerance; Flurazepam; Male; Mice; Nitr

1990
Longitudinal study on pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of acute, steady-state and withdrawn quazepam.
    Arzneimittel-Forschung, 1989, Volume: 39, Issue:2

    Topics: Adult; Anti-Anxiety Agents; Benzodiazepines; Benzodiazepinones; Electrooculography; Flurazepam; Hemo

1989
Adverse reactions to benzodiazepine hypnotics: spontaneous reporting system.
    Pharmacology, 1987, Volume: 35, Issue:5

    Topics: Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anti-Anxiety Agents; Female; Flurazepam; Humans; Hypnot

1987
Withdrawal regimen for triazolam-dependent patients.
    CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, 1986, Jun-01, Volume: 134, Issue:11

    Topics: Diazepam; Flurazepam; Humans; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders; Substance Withdrawal Syndr

1986
Quazepam: sleep laboratory studies of effectiveness and withdrawal.
    Clinical neuropharmacology, 1985, Volume: 8 Suppl 1

    Topics: Anti-Anxiety Agents; Benzodiazepines; Flurazepam; Humans; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders

1985
Chronic hypnotic-drug use. Ineffectiveness, drug-withdrawal insomnia, and dependence.
    JAMA, 1974, Feb-04, Volume: 227, Issue:5

    Topics: Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Amobarbital; Chloral Hydrate; Chronic Disease; Dreams; Drug Therapy, Combi

1974
Editorial: Insomnia.
    JAMA, 1974, Feb-04, Volume: 227, Issue:5

    Topics: Apnea; Chronic Disease; Flurazepam; Humans; Hypnotics and Sedatives; Iatrogenic Disease; Male; Middl

1974
Programmed self-administration of potentially addictive drugs in young rats and its effects on learning.
    Psychopharmacologia, 1974, Volume: 38, Issue:2

    Topics: Amphetamine; Animals; Avoidance Learning; Behavior, Animal; Drug Tolerance; Ethanol; Extinction, Psy

1974