In episode 276, James and Mike continue to enlist Adrienne Lindblad help with deciphering the literature surrounding anxiety medications. We discuss the evidence around buspirone and the benzodiazepines and wrap up the whole issue of what to use in GAD and at the end our anxieties disappear.
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In episode 275, James and Mike anxiously enlist Adrienne Lindblad to help us with deciphering the literature surrounding anxiety medications. We discuss the issue of anxiety scales in the studies, and look at the evidence around the use of antidepressants and antipsychotics for GAD.
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1) Tools For Practice
Atypical antipsychotics for anxiety: Worth worrying about?
Benzodiazepines in Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Calm Your Nerves?
In episode 274, Mike and James for a change look at the evidence behind two new drugs – one for over active bladder and one for depression and find unfortunately that as usual new drugs are no better than what we already have.
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1) Over active bladder drug
Mirabegron
Int Urol Nephrol 2014;46:275-84
2) Depression drug
Vortioxetine
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