Question 27 · LEK · Sedatives, hypnotics, anxiolytics
A 49-year-old woman came to the pharmacy and asks for a prescription drug that may help her fall asleep at night and soothe her nerves affected by a ‘difficult family situation’. She promises to bring the prescription in several days as soon as her doctor comes back from vacation. She negates the overuse of sedatives or tranquilizers. When her request is declined she reacts with indignation, cry and more intense demand for the medication, asking for at least a few pills of diazepam. It is highly probably that the woman suffers from:
- A. general anxiety disorder.
- B. sleep disorder not due to medical condition.
- C. sedative use disorder.
- D. moderate depressive episode.
- E. bipolar disorder.
Hint
Focus on the drug-seeking behaviour: urgent demands, excuses about a missing prescription and denial of misuse.
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