Cognitive improvement following benzodiazepine discontinuation in elderly nursing home residents
- 1 February 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
- Vol. 7 (2) , 89-93
- https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.930070205
Abstract
In a controlled study, benzodiazepine treatment was gradually discontinued from a group of elderly nursing home residents. In comparison with similar residents who continued on benzodiazepines, measures of memory and cognitive functioning showed significant improvement following discontinuance. There was no associated increase in anxiety, agitation, or sleeplessness. These data are consistent with previous observations suggesting that benzodiazepines impair cognitive function in the elderly and further indicate that such impairment is reversible upon benzodiazepine discontinuance.Keywords
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