title: [Side effects and risks of benzodiazepines].
abstract: If benzodiazepines rank amongst the less harmful drugs, they are not completely safe. As all other drugs, they must be evaluated in relation with their risk/benefit ratio knowing that their side effects must be assessed for each patient and that they may vary according to indication, dosage, routes of administration and pharmacokinetic differences between the molecules. The authors mainly study: vigilance disorders and performance impairment, memory loss, behaviour disturbances, exceptional toxicomania risk, teratogen effects, not proved to this date, acute overdosage, interaction with other sedative psychotropic drugs (CNS depressors, imipramine). In conclusion, the authors underline the importance of the use of benzodiazepines and their success which is a social phenomenon.
mesh_terms: D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001519:Behavior / Q000187:drug effects; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D012306:Risk; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D001569:Benzodiazepines
vernacular_title: Effets secondaires et dangers des benzodiazépines.