Comorbid Zolpidem Dependence and Over-the-Counter Compound Analgesic Abuse

Zolpidem is a commonly prescribed hypnotic used to treat insomnia. However, its potential for abuse and dependence has recently become controversial. Although over-the-counter (OTC) medications are widely used, their abuse potential has not received much research attention. We report a case of comor...

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Autores principales: Kim, Hyounwook, Shin, Cheolmin, Ko, Young-hoon, Han, Changsu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6478075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30905134
http://dx.doi.org/10.9758/cpn.2019.17.2.323
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description Zolpidem is a commonly prescribed hypnotic used to treat insomnia. However, its potential for abuse and dependence has recently become controversial. Although over-the-counter (OTC) medications are widely used, their abuse potential has not received much research attention. We report a case of comorbid zolpidem and OTC compound analgesic abuse. OTC analgesics may serve as gateway drugs, and physicians must be cautious about this issue, especially when prescribing hypnotics or benzodiazepines.
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spelling pubmed-64780752019-05-07 Comorbid Zolpidem Dependence and Over-the-Counter Compound Analgesic Abuse Kim, Hyounwook Shin, Cheolmin Ko, Young-hoon Han, Changsu Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci Case Report Zolpidem is a commonly prescribed hypnotic used to treat insomnia. However, its potential for abuse and dependence has recently become controversial. Although over-the-counter (OTC) medications are widely used, their abuse potential has not received much research attention. We report a case of comorbid zolpidem and OTC compound analgesic abuse. OTC analgesics may serve as gateway drugs, and physicians must be cautious about this issue, especially when prescribing hypnotics or benzodiazepines. Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2019-03 2019-04-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6478075/ /pubmed/30905134 http://dx.doi.org/10.9758/cpn.2019.17.2.323 Text en Copyright © 2019, Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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