Arthur Shapiro and colleagues published a randomized, double-blinded study in the 1983 Journal of Psychiatric Research entitled Diazepam: how much better than placebo? assessing the effectiveness of diazepam versus placebo and weekly psychotherapy in the treatment of…
Benzodiazepines come in many different dosages and strengths. One might assume there are enough dosages available to safely taper off of the drug but, for many patients, this is not true. Breaking a pill in…
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…
