Colorado Opioid Epidemic Symposium
Dr. Christy Huff presented Safe Prescribing Protocols of Benzodiazepines: Lessons Learned from the Opioid Crisis alongside Dr. Alexis Ritvo on July 18, 2021. [pdf id=17349]
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Benzodiazepine Boxed Warning Changes
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…
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Surviving Xanax.. When the Doctor Becomes the Patient
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…
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The Epidemic of Overprescribing Opioids and Benzodiazepines
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…
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Psychiatric Drugs: Post-Withdrawal Experiences Town Hall
Friday, May 14, join our own Nicole Lamberson, PA, along with Adele Framer, Will Hall, Dr. David Healy and James Moore for a discussion examining protracted problems that can arise after psychiatric drug withdrawal. Sometimes referred to…
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Colorado Opioid Epidemic Lunch and Learn: Benzodiazepine Prescribing Protocols
On March 31, the Colorado Consortium held the Lunch and Learn Safe Prescribing Protocols of Benzodiazepines: Lessons Learned from the Opioid Crisis, presented by Drs. Alexis Ritvo and Christy Huff. The entire series, planned by the Provider Education Work…
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On Being Both A Medical Provider And A Patient Harmed By Prescribed Psychiatric Medication
The documentary Medicating Normal presents a discussion with our director, Dr. Christy Huff, along with Nicole Lamberson, PA, Dr. Mark Horowitz and Dr. Peter Gordon about their experiences as a medical provider harmed by psychiatric…
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Benzodiazepines: A Crisis Hidden in Plain Sight
Dr. Christy Huff, Dr. Stephen Wright and Dr. Anna Lembke presented Benzodiazepines: A Crisis Hidden in Plain Sight at the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry’s 2020 Annual Meeting. Their talk focused on benzodiazepine risks, the importance of…
