One of our goals as an organization is to place Benzodiazepines: How They Work and How to Withdraw (aka The Ashton Manual), into the hands of as many readers as possible. To accomplish our goal we offer free…
In 2017 we started our MedWatch Reporting Program. This ongoing program gives patients information to report their own benzodiazepine experiences to the FDA. So far it has been a success. In September, 2020, the FDA…
In 2017, American rock musician Chris Cornell died of suicide by hanging in his MGM Grand Detroit hotel room. His family has spoken out, however, stating that he was not suicidal and instead blame the…
Emily Laurence’s recent article, Do Prescription Sleeping Pills Actually Work?, appeared May 31 in the online outlet Well + Good. While I’m glad to see someone ask the question, the piece ultimately misses the mark, as it fails to warn about the most common issues with sleeping pill (benzodiazepine and Z-drug) prescription. It also ignores the dearth of literature about risk/benefit and harm and confuses physical dependence with addiction.
Cardiologist Dr. Christy Huff and Physician Assistant Nicole Lamberson tell Psychiatrist Dr. Patricia Halliganhow they both survived Xanax and are healing from years of a severe, debilitating protracted withdrawal syndrome. One was prescribed Xanax for…
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…
An excerpt from Dark Side of Sleeping Pills Chapter 8A. A free copy of the full book is available here. When we reported that people who took sleeping pills died 4.6 times faster and suffered…
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…
