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Benzodiazepine (BZD) withdrawal: clinical findings and complications

 • Activation of ACC and OFC -> Feelings of
Benzodiazepine (BZD ... Benzodiazepine #BZD
Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Positive airway pressure therapy
   → Positive pharyngeal transmural pressure
of EtOH, avoid BZD
Treatment of Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS)
Supplement iron if ferritin <75
Chronic: Dopamine agonists / Gabapentin
Intermittent: Carbidopa-levodopa, low-potency
low-potency opioids, BZD
Insomnia Medications

Natural Products:
 • Melatonin
 • Valerian

Hypnotics and Antidepressants
Non-BZDs: increase GABA
 • Eszopiclone
 • Zolpidem
Orexin-receptor antagonist:
Antidepressants Non-BZDs ... • Trazodone BZDs ... Antihistamines BZDs
Beta Blocker approximate dose equivalents

Carvedilol 12.5 mg BlD 
Labetalol 100 mg BID 
Atenolol 50 mg daily
Carvedilol 12.5 mg BlD ... Labetalol 100 mg BID ... Propranolol 40 mg BID ... Metoprolol 50 mg BID
FAST HUGS BID - ICU Checklist Mnemonic
F - Feeding
A - Analgesia
S - Sedation
T - Thromboprophylaxis
H -
FAST HUGS BID - ... Thromboprophylaxis H - Head of Bed
Metoprolol and Carvedilol - Immediate to Extended Release Dose Conversions

Metoprolol 
Immediate (tartrate) -> Extended (succinate) 
25
mg daily 50 mg BID ... daily 100 mg BID ... (ER) 3.125 mg BID ... daily 6.25 mg BID ... daily 25 mg BID
Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori) Infection - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook
Presentation: Dyspepsia / Peptic Ulcer
14d) - PPI bid ... (or doxy 100mg bid ... tid) - PPI bid ... (or doxy 100mg bid ... Amoxicillin 1g bid
Zones of Fingertip Injuries

Zone 1: Distal phalanx preserved 
Most of nail bed intact 

Zone 2: Distal
Most of nail bed ... lunala of nail bed ... lunala of nail bed ... of entire nail bed
Apixaban Dose Adjustments in Atrial Fibrillation - ABCDs

Age > 80 years 
Body Weight <60kg 
Creatinine >=
dose from 5mg bid ... to 2.5 mg bid