drogas ansiolíticas* e Alzheimer

Anxiety Drugs Linked With Alzheimer's
BY MAGGIE FOX

People who use anxiety drugs such as Valium and Xanax long-term may be raising their risk of Alzheimer’s disease, French and Canadian researchers report. They found that elderly people who used drugs called benzodiazepines for three months or longer had a 43 percent to 51 percent higher risk of later developing Alzheimer’s. It’s not clear whether the drugs are causing the Alzheimer’s directly, or if people perhaps use the drugs to treat other symptoms that may be early signs of Alzheimer’s, such as depression or insomnia. But the researchers tried to factor this in as much as possible and still found a higher risk of Alzheimer’s in those who took the drugs long-term.

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*Existem medicamentos que têm a propriedade de atuar quase que exclusivamente sobre a ansiedade e tensão. Estas drogas foram chamadas de tranqüilizantes, por tranqüilizar a pessoa estressada, tensa e ansiosa. Atualmente, prefere-se designar estes tipos de medicamentos pelo nome de ansiolíticos, ou seja, que "destroem" (lise) a ansiedade. De fato, este é o principal efeito terapêutico destes medicamentos: diminuir ou abolir a ansiedade das pessoas, sem afetar em demasia as funções psíquicas e motoras. (cebrid.epm.br)