Register and Attend the Virtual 2024 William B. Abrams Lecture
Registration for the virtual 2024 William B. Abrams Lecture, presented by David J. Greenblatt, MD, is now open.
Date: May 1, 2024
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Title:
The Benzodiazepine Era
Presenter: David J. Greenblatt, MD, Louis Lasagna Endowed Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Description: Anxiety, panic disorder, and insomnia have long been recognized in the history of human health. Options for pharmacologic treatment were available through the first half of the 20th century, and included barbiturates, sedating antihistamines, and a number of barbiturate-like sedative agents. However, disadvantages and drawbacks of treatment options were substantial, and included tolerance and dependence, drug interactions, and hazards of overdosage. This presentation reviews basic and clinical research milestones in the development of benzodiazepine agonist medications from 1960 to the present, with a focus on conclusions supported by credible scientific evidence, and on challenges faced by the clinical and regulatory communities.
Registration:
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