“Benzodiazepines help some people.” This common response to our message of patient harm prevention echoes throughout our online platforms. In some ways, who can blame these commenters? The opioid epidemic, to which the media frequently…
Nicole Lamberson held a Medicating Normal screening in Williamsburg. Our own Dr. Michael Bohan was in attendance. Medicating Normal is the untold story of what can happen when profit-driven medicine intersects with human beings in distress.
Dr. Christy Huff and Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring attended the SOFT 2019 annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Witt-Doerring presented on the dangers of prescribed benzodiazepines as part of the workshop Benzodiazepines for Dummies…And Smarties,…
I can’t believe I have to say this, but brain and neurological injuries are not addictions. One way that benzodiazepine-damaged patients are silenced is by being forced to defend themselves against the addiction narrative that…
Benzodiazepine Information Coalition recently responded to the FDA’s Drug Abuse and Dependence Section of Labeling for Human Prescription Drug and Biological Products. This document proposed by the FDA seeks to distinguish the difference between addiction,…
Although Arnold Knutsen and I “met” virtually five years ago, we only first spoke on the phone recently when he called to share his story. He’s the eldest member of the online benzodiazepine support group…
Sonja Styblo attended the National Conference on Addiction Disorders East in 2019 on BIC’s behalf. Our table distributed information about benzodiazepines and safe cessation. BIC provided a community video which was played at the conference.
Life experience gives one an intimate appreciation for the meaning behind the saying “just the tip of the iceberg.” Everyone’s encountered something that turned out to be much larger and more complex than was initially…
