Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Demotivational Hump Day... Nightmares


5 comments:

Anonymous said...

A preceptor from one of my rotations from way back when got me on this one and its the only reason why I remember it to this day.

Alpha blockers like prazosin are used off-label for people that have nightmares and/or PTSD. Apparently, they actually work.

Anonymous said...

Prazosin is sometimes used for PTSD.

Anonymous said...

actually, this is a real use for that drug.

Anonymous said...

Prazosin is actually used to treat nightmares elated to PTSD. We have several patients on it. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3538493/

Anonymous said...

I see it more for ptsd than any other indication. We do have a decent sized psych unit and due to location, have a fair share of psych patients with medical problems on other units