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…
Chairs and Members of the Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Massachusetts Legislature Dear Friends: The Benzodiazepine Information Coalition asked me to send you a letter in support of Bill H.3594 that I understand…
Dear Chairs and Members of the Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, I appreciate the opportunity to add my written testimony in support…
Dear Chairs and Members of the Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, I am a 40 year old cardiologist from the state of…
BIC Position Statement on the Use of Benzodiazepines in Patients Receiving Buprenorphine Treatment Laura C. Huff M.D. [a], Peter R. Martin, M.D., M.S.[b],, A. J. Reid Finlayson, M.D., M.M.H.C.[c] [a]Benzodiazepine Information Coalition, Director [b]Vanderbilt University…
Dear Chairs and Members of the Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse: I am a retired cardiothoracic surgeon. I retired from surgery in 1997. I reentered medicine in 2003 although in a non-surgical capacity….
