When my primary care doctor prescribed Klonopin to treat my severe anxiety in the months before and after major surgery in December 2021, I had no idea that getting off the drug later - as well as the ...

“Benzodiazepine withdrawal symptoms are more common than most clinicians realize,” Reid Finlayson and colleagues report, citing a 1990 study in the Archives of General Psychiatry that found “58–100 ...

Muse Treatment Alcohol & Drug Rehab Los Angeles has released a new educational resource focused on explaining “What typically occurs during Xanax rehabilitation” and why structured care is often ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, USA, February 20, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Dr. Leeds would like to thank the many new subscribers and listeners who have made the ...

Stopping long-term benzodiazepine treatment was tied to a higher risk of death, according to a comparative effectiveness study using claims data. An intention-to-treat analysis showed that among ...

Missouri had the 4th highest rate in the country of residents taking benzodiazepines, and that was before the pandemic amped up anxiety. Experts say that long term use of these medications can cause ...

The temporal relationship between the development of symptoms about three days after gabapentin discontinuation and the absence of any improvements during the administration of benzodiazepines for ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants updated boxed warnings on benzodiazepines to reflect the "serious" risks of abuse, misuse, addiction, physical dependence, and withdrawal reactions ...

Medically reviewed by Melissa Bronstein, LICSW Key Takeaways Withdrawal happens when a person stops or reduces intake of an ...

Benzodiazepines are widely used to treat a variety of conditions including anxiety disorders, insomnia and seizures. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requiring an update to the Boxed Warning ...

“Over 92 million prescriptions for benzodiazepines are dispensed in the United States annually,” note Vanderbilt University psychiatrist Alistair J. Reid Finlayson and four colleagues in the April ...