口服镇静

看牙医时您是否感到高度焦虑? 您可能是以下候选人 镇静牙科. 胡. Wang 和 胡. 太阳 经董事会认证可以管理 (口腔意识) 镇静, 通常称为“睡眠牙科.”

镇静牙科

对患者的好处包括:

• 当您心情更加放松时治疗完成.
• 您将更轻松地完成漫长的手术.
• 在同一次就诊期间可以进行多次治疗和全口修复.
• 治疗后不适感减轻.

抗焦虑药

最常用的治疗焦虑症的牙科相关药物属于 “苯二氮卓类” 家庭. 安定等药物, 哈尔西恩, 阿普唑仑, 或阿蒂万. 这些药物通过结合和减弱体内的活动来减少焦虑 “害怕” 大脑中的受体.

有两种不同类型的苯二氮卓类药物:

• 镇静催眠药: 这些药物可以使人平静, including drowsiness and even sleep. This sleep state is actually a form of hypnosis which is a form of physiological sleep.
• Anti-Anxiety Drugs: These are drugs which relieve anxiety and induce a state of calm and relaxation.

While benzodiazepines act as sedatives AND anti-anxiety drugs, some are highly targeted at areas within the brain which focus on sleep. Others act in a more specific way and target fear centers in the brain. 在多数情况下, higher doses act as sedatives and induce sleep, while in lower doses, they reduce anxiety without sedation.

Benzodiazepines are also Central Nervous System (CNS) depressants (i.e. there can be a decline in blood pressure and breathing). It is important to note that they shouldn’t be mixed with other CNS depressants such as alcohol. 使用牙医或医生推荐的剂量很重要. 有可能服用过量, 过量服用可能会使您的呼吸降低到危险的低水平, 这可能会导致昏迷或死亡.

请注意，服用任何这些药物后，您不应独自旅行. 确保您有陪同人员, 即使您乘坐公共汽车或步行! 很容易迷失方向.

何时不宜服用苯二氮卓类药物:

其中一些药物会影响您的肝脏和心脏. 请务必咨询您的执业医师和/或药剂师. 如果出现以下任何情况，您应该务必告知您的医生或牙医: 已知对该药物过敏, 窄角型青光眼, 怀孕, 严重呼吸道疾病 (慢性阻塞性肺病), 充血性心力衰竭 (瑞士法郎), 肾或肝功能受损, 抑郁症/双相情感障碍/精神病, chronic bronchitis and some other conditions. It’s also important to let us know if you are taking other medications. There could be possible drug interactions.