Adverse effects of Z drugs
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Adverse effects of Z drugs
Added on 2020-12-31
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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1Adverse effects of Z drugs ..............................................................................................................1CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................4REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................6
INTRODUCTIONAs per the Johnson and et.al., 2018 Z class drugs are defined as the psychoactive drugswhich influence the nervous system by altering the functionality of brain. These medicines areused to treat sleeping disorder but they stimulate the changes in the brain of individuals whichaffects their behaviour and actions (Bogdanova‐Mihaylova and Walsh, 2017). The report willdiscuss these adverse effects of Z drugs with reference to case study of David. It will justify theactions and behaviour of David as the result of medicine and cannot be considered guilty for theactions. Adverse effects of Z drugs As per the research conducted by Hefner and et.al., 2015 consumption of Zopiclone hasadverse effect on health and functionality of the brain. There are number of medical authoritieswho have accomplished researches on ill effects of consumption of Z drugs which are discussedbelow: David has been taking Imovane medicine to treat his insomnia. This drug is the class Zdrug and is member of Zopiclone brand. According to Stranks and Crowe, 2014. Theregular intake of the drug results in hallucination and psychotic acts in the David. Forinstance he assumes that her girlfriend's house has security concerns and intruders areregularly keeping an eye on their house. To overcome these effects of nightmares andirrational thoughts David, used to consume more medicine with the belief that medicationwill help him. These medicines result in changes in functions like behaviour, mood swings, perceptionas well as level of consciousness (Cimolai, 2017). Though these medicines fall in thecategory of non-benzodiazepine but they lead to the effects similar to the benzodiazepine.These drugs are mainly used in the treatment of anxiety, depression and insomnia. As perthe discussion in Seldenrijk and et.al., 2017 the medicine is encountered with several sideeffects such as hallucinations, anxiety, fear and encouraging individuals to performbizarre actions by changing their mental and behavioural state. These medicines follow the functionality of neurotransmitter Gamma-Amino butyric forinducing the sleep in the individuals (Sjöstedt and et.al., 2017). According to Lai and1
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