Quick tip for families in ICU: Benzodiazepine and opiate addiction in ICU, how to deal with it?

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Quick tip for families in ICU: Benzodiazepine and opiate addiction in Intensive care, how to deal with it?

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Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care.

Today’s tip is about benzodiazepine addiction in ICU, or even after ICU. And also opiate addiction in ICU or after ICU.

So, many patients in intensive care that are in an induced coma and are on sedation , often end up on benzodiazepine, such as midazolam or Versed as the most prominent one being used in intensive care. On top of that, they’re also often on morphine or fentanyl, which are opiates. Both medications are needed when someone is in an induced coma, on a ventilator with a breathing tube, or an endotracheal tube in their mouth.

Now, we have done multiple articles and videos about that topic when someone is in an induced coma and on a ventilator. So have a look on our website at intensivecarehotline.com and use the search box if you wanted to find out more about those topics.

Now, the issues that I want to focus on today, is simply what happens when patients come out of the induced coma and have been on prolonged benzodiazepine, such as midazolam or Versed or, and/or morphine and fentanyl. Because when patients come out of an induced coma, they often go through a withdrawal process because again, benzodiazepines are addictive and so are morphine or fentanyl.

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