Episode 178: tapering benzos, neuro testing for athletes, vonoprazan for PUD, and zoster-dementia link

This week Kate, Gary, Mark and Henry discuss discontinuation of benzodiazepines and treatment of insomnia, the value of baseline cognitive testing of college athletes, vonoprazan vs PPI for preventing and treating ulcers, and whether herpes zoster vaccine reduces dementia risk.

Show links:

Essential Evidence Plus: www.essentialevidenceplus.com

Tapering benzos: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39374004/

Baseline neuro eval for athletes: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39741470/ 

David Kaufman, “We Need You in the Locker Room” https://thesagergroup.net/books/in-the-locker-room

Vonoprazan vs PPIs for ulcers: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39294424/

Zoster and dementia: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40175543/