My name is Nicole. I am a physician assistant, although I have been unable to practice since the summer of 2010 due to iatrogenic illness—illness that resulted from taking benzodiazepines for about five years, only as prescribed, at a normal dose.
Psych Congress, as detailed on their website, is “the nation’s largest independent educational conference for mental health professionals”. It is an annual mental health conference which offers “practical education combined with state-of-the-art treatment approaches and…
NOTE: Dr. Kripke is responding to a study by Elisabetta Patorno, Robert J Glynn, Raisa Levin, Moa P Lee, and Krista F Huybrechts entitled Benzodiazepines and risk of all cause mortality in adults: cohort study. To date,…
Whether it was for a sinus infection or bronchitis, most people have taken an antibiotic at some point in their lives. Antibiotics can be lifesaving medications but, like all other drugs, they come with risks….
We were given permission by Dr. Dodds to publish this review. It evaluates the literature of suicide risk associated with benzodiazepines. Some highlights of his findings: In the National Comorbidity Study Replication, the use of sleeping pills or…
Benzodiazepine Information Coalition fully endorses Massachusetts Bill H.3954 and implores the committee to pass this legislation. We are a nonprofit organization comprised of physicians, other medical and mental health professionals, and patients serving those who…
I am a physician Board Certified in Family Practice and Addiction Medicine, currently working 3 days a week in Addiction Medicine in a primary care setting. My interest in benzodiazepines dates to 2002 when I…
Dear Senator McMurtry, I was pleased to learn of your bill to address the rampant over-prescribing of these medications. Addictive use is only part of the problem, their role in accidents, depression, suicide and premature…
