Drug-induced amnesia is amnesia caused by drugs. Amnesia may be therapeutic for medical treatment or for medical procedures, or it may be a side-effect of a drug, such as alcohol, or certain medications for psychiatric disorders, such as benzodiazepines. [1] It is seen also with slow acting parenteral general anaesthetics. [citation needed]

2021年7月14日 · Drug-induced memory disturbances are usually benign and clear up after discontinuation of the offending medication. Patients recover from anterograde amnesia induced by drugs for relieving pain and anxiety of various procedures, and the memory loss is limited to that of the painful procedure.

Iatrogenic amnesia is one of the main aetiologies of transient amnesia. Benzodiazepines and anticholinergic drugs are considered to be the drugs most often responsible for iatrogenic amnesia. The impact of drugs in memory disorders is particularly pronounced in elderly people, especially due to polymedication.

Background: Sedative-hypnotic drugs not only increase sedation, but also impair memory as serum concentration increases. These drugs also produce profound changes in the auditory event-related potential (ERP). The ability of various ERP components to predict changes in sedation and memory produced by various drugs was tested.

This study demonstrates that the effect of midazolam, a drug used commonly in medical procedures to produce temporary amnesia, is differentially expressed across various types of stimuli. In particular, the study illustrates the important role of experience in the two processes underlying recognition, recollection and familiarity ( Diana et al ...

This article suggests that studies of drug-induced amnesia complement these current lines of investigation and therefore merit consideration from cognitive neuropsychologists interested in memory. To this end, the drugs and memory literature is reviewed, and its potential relationship with more mainstream cognitive neuropsychology is discussed.

In this review we discuss, behavioral paradigms, sex differences and hormonal influences affecting BZD-induced amnesia, molecular manipulations, including the knockout of GABAa receptor subunits, and regional studies utilizing lesion and microinjection techniques targeted to the hippocampus and amygdala.

Drug-induced amnesia can impair memory and brain function—learn the risks, recovery options, and prevention strategies.

2018年8月27日 · Drug-induced amnesia is impairment or loss of memory due to drug use. Drug-induced memory loss is typically anterograde, the inability to create new memories for a period of time beginning soon after drug introduction.

Midazolam is a drug that creates temporary anterograde amnesia. In a within-subjects, double-blind experiment, participants studied a list of stimuli after receiving an injection of midazolam in one session and after receiving saline in another session.