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Difference between Geriatrics and Nitrazepam

Geriatrics vs. Nitrazepam

Geriatrics, or geriatric medicine, is a medical specialty focused on providing care for the unique health needs of the elderly. Nitrazepam, sold under the brand name Mogadon among others, is a hypnotic drug of the benzodiazepine class used for short-term relief from severe, disabling anxiety and insomnia.

Confusion

In medicine, confusion is the quality or state of being bewildered or unclear.

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Dementia

Dementia is a syndrome associated with many neurodegenerative diseases, characterized by a general decline in cognitive abilities that affects a person's ability to perform everyday activities.

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Drug interaction

In pharmaceutical sciences, drug interactions occur when a drug's mechanism of action is affected by the concomitant administration of substances such as foods, beverages, or other drugs.

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Geriatrics

Geriatrics, or geriatric medicine, is a medical specialty focused on providing care for the unique health needs of the elderly.

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Morphine

Morphine, formerly also called morphia, is an opiate that is found naturally in opium, a dark brown resin produced by drying the latex of opium poppies (Papaver somniferum).

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Old age

Old age is the range of ages for people nearing and surpassing life expectancy.

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Pharmacokinetics

Pharmacokinetics (from Ancient Greek pharmakon "drug" and kinetikos "moving, putting in motion"; see chemical kinetics), sometimes abbreviated as PK, is a branch of pharmacology dedicated to describing how the body affects a specific substance after administration.

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Urinary incontinence

Urinary incontinence (UI), also known as involuntary urination, is any uncontrolled leakage of urine.

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