Benzodiazepine Information Coalition Blog
Benzo Bulletin: Expert Dr. Steven Wright on the New FDA Benzo Warnings
From Benzo Brains YouTube Channel: Steven Wright, MD, is a residency-trained family physician for 38 years. Although no longer providing direct medical care to patients he remains active in addiction medicine for 33 years and medical pain management for 17 years. He...
5-10 Benzo Calls Per Week: A Talk w/ Addiction Psychiatrist Patricia Halligan, MD
Nicole Lamberson, PA speaks with Dr. Patricia Halligan about her experiences helping patients tapering off benzodiazepines. Dr. Patricia Halligan is an Addiction Psychiatrist. She completed her psychiatry residency at Cornell-The New York Hospital and Fellowship in...
The Epidemic of Overprescribing Opioids and Benzodiazepines
Recovery... The Hero's Journey with Dr. Patricia Halligan: Interview with Anna Lembke, MD, author of “Drug Dealer, MD…How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked and Why It’s So Hard to Stop.” Dr. Lembke is Medical Director of Stanford Addiction Medicine Program and a...
Surviving Xanax.. When the Doctor Becomes the Patient
Cardiologist Dr. Christy Huff and Physician Assistant Nicole Lamberson tell Psychiatrist Dr. Patricia Halligan how they both survived Xanax and are healing from years of a severe, debilitating protracted withdrawal syndrome. One was prescribed Xanax for insomnia and...
Why haven’t you heard from the FDA?
When we reported that people who took sleeping pills died 4.6 times faster and suffered more cancer,[66] I made quite certain that the FDA...
Benzo Bulletin: Chris Cornell’s Family Settles With Doctor Who Prescribed Singer Drugs
From Rolling Stone: The family of Chris Cornell has settled its lawsuit with the doctor the family claimed overprescribed medication to the late Soundgarden singer in the years preceding his May 2017 death. The suit also claimed that Koblin failed to warn Cornell, “an...
Benzo Bulletin: Study: 94% of older adults prescribed drugs that raise risk of falling
Nancy Clanton of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports on the rise of prescription drugs associated with falling. As Dr. Allen Frances notes: 1)Falling is your biggest risk for early death 2)Medications are biggest cause of falling 3)94% of seniors are on meds that...
Benzo Bulletin: This is not an overdose
From ABC News Australia: Lorna Knowles, John Stewart, and Jackie Dent report on Isaac Reis, a 22 year old who died with a toxic combinations of drugs in his system. His cocktail included an antipsychotic, two antidepressants, an antihypertensive and an anticonvulsant...
Dr. Patricia Halligan Joins Our Medical Advisory Board
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Patricia Halligan to our medical advisory board. Dr. Halligan is an Addiction Psychiatrist. She completed her psychiatry residency at Cornell-The New York Hospital and Fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry at the Medical University of...
Benzo Bulletin: The use of benzodiazepines, prescribed for sleep and anxiety disorders, has declined in Ontario but risen for young women, study says
Nadine Yousif reports in the Toronto Star that Canadian benzodiazepine prescriptions have declined in Ontario, but increased for women: While overall prescriptions for benzodiazepines in Ontario fell 13 per cent between 2013 and 2019, the report revealed prescriptions...
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