The prescription of sleeping pills and tranquillisers should be reduced and carefully monitored because of the dangers of addiction and dependency, according to a group of health professionals. The alliance, which includes the, The Royal College of Nursing, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), the Department of Health and the Royal College of Psychiatrists, is calling on doctors to prescribe drugs such as the benzodiazepine Valium only under very particular circumstances. (Source: Royal College of Nursing News Alert)
via Original Article
MedWorm Sponsor Message: Have a look at The Psychiatry Daily, the new psychiatry portal powered by MedWorm, with all the latest psychiatry news and research updated daily.
via Original Article
No comments:
Post a Comment