Find a Benzodiazepine Doctor
This is a list of doctors who may be willing to work with patients on a slow taper. This does not mean they are experts in benzodiazepine withdrawal. It means they have received positive feedback from others who have chosen to taper off benzodiazepines, or have requested to join our benzodiazepine aware doctors list. Please read our blog How to Find a Doctor and More: 10 Tips to Quit Benzos. Some of the listed providers are not prescribers, but mental health specialists offering emotional support. These are noted with an asterisk. Seeing a provider on this list does not mean you will not experience withdrawal symptoms. It means you may be able to taper at your own pace. Some things to keep in mind: (1) Add-on medications such as gabapentin, lyrica, clonidine, buspar and antidepressants may be suggested but are not required to taper. There is little to no evidence base for their effectiveness as withdrawal aids and some may also require their own taper. The British National Formulary benzodiazepine guidance states, “The addition of beta-blockers, antidepressants and antipsychotics should be avoided where possible.” Still, some patients and prescribers do report short-term, judicious use of certain adjunctive medications in severe cases. (2) Safe tapers can persist many months & often years. An safe taper rate is 5-10% from current dose every 2-4 weeks. Tapering is nuanced and everyone unique so rates should be adjusted accordingly in conjunction with patient feedback and symptom severity. A good motto for all is “start low, go slow” as, once withdrawal effects emerge after a too-large reduction, they cannot always be controlled, even with dose-correction or updose. (3) Read Tapering Solutions and bring a copy to your appointment. We DO NOT recommend any rehab or detox facilities. We oppose them in general for compliant patients.
If you would like to recommend a benzodiazepine knowledgable provider, or are a benzodiazepine knowledgable provider willing to do a slow, patient led taper, please contact us.
United States
Billie “Renee” Russell, CRNP
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
953 Jeff Road NW
Huntsville, AL 35806
(256) 322-6272
We don’t have any prescribers in your state yet!
Know of or are a benzodiazepine competent prescriber? Let us know.
We don’t have any prescribers in your state yet! Know of or are a benzodiazepine competent prescriber? Let us know.
We don’t have any prescribers in your state yet!
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(415) 963-4431
Notes: The ideal patient lives in or within commuting distance of San Francisco, CA for in-person visits. Dr. Abramson does have some patients who will travel to and reside in San Francisco temporarily (at least a few months) to get started under his care who then return home to continue tapering outpatient. Dr. Abramson does not do telemedicine but will do one-time consults with benzodiazepine/polypharmacy patients where he develops a plan that the patient can implement with their own local provider(s). My Doctor Medical Group is out of network.
Shawn Barnes, M.D.
700 Garden View Court
Suite 201-C
Encinitas, CA 92024
(760) 487-8344
Kashif Abdullah, M.D.
175 N. Jackson Ave., Ste 101
San Jose, CA 95116
(408) 708-7743
505 N. Mollison Ave. #201
El Cajon, CA 92021 (San Diego Area)
(619) 441-3550
Daryl Ballin, M.D.
5525 Etiwanda Ave #224
Tarzana, CA 91356
(818) 708-4848
We don’t have any prescribers in your state yet! Know of or are a benzodiazepine competent prescriber? Let us know.
We don’t have any prescribers in your state yet! Know of or are a benzodiazepine competent prescriber? Let us know.
Esther Mugomba-Bird, ARNP
Naples, FL
(239) 624-3880
(941) 388-8997
1100 Lake Hearn Dr NE
Atlanta, GA 30342
(404) 365-0966
We don’t have any prescribers in your state yet! Know of or are a benzodiazepine competent prescriber? Let us know.
Michael Whiting, MD
Restored Horizons
913 W Canfield Avenue
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83815
(208) 819-7103
Accepts almost all local insurances, including Medicare and Medicaid
Jo Swart, MSN, CPNP, PMHNP
P.O. Box 326
North Webster, IN 46555
(574) 320-1583
joswart75@gmail.com
We don’t have any prescribers in your state yet! Know of or are a benzodiazepine competent prescriber? Let us know.
We don’t have any prescribers in your state yet! Know of or are a benzodiazepine competent prescriber? Let us know.
We don’t have any prescribers in your state yet! Know of or are a benzodiazepine competent prescriber? Let us know.
K. Chris Rachal, PhD, MP, ABN
126 Rue Colette
Thibodaux, LA 70301
(985) 625-0023
James Berry, MD
489 State St
Bangor, ME 04401
John Carr, M.D.
Rockville, MD
(301) 984-9791
Norwell, MA 02061
(781) 829-0930
We don’t have any prescribers in your state yet! Know of or are a benzodiazepine competent prescriber? Let us know.
527 SW Market St,
We don’t have any prescribers in your state yet! Know of or are a benzodiazepine competent prescriber? Let us know.
We don’t have any prescribers in your state yet! Know of or are a benzodiazepine competent prescriber? Let us know.
Dawn Daniels Hahn, LCSW*
Las Vegas, NV 89123
email: ddanielslcsw@gmail.com
* Supportive non-prescriber
Lisa Weldon, PMHNP-BC
Progressive Psychiatric Services
771 Chestnut Street
Manchester, NH 03104
(603) 836-5584
Roberta Stanhope, NP
13 Jenkins Court, Suite 220
Durham, NH 03824
(603) 651-0293
Notes: will not accept benzodiazepine patients polydrugged with stimulants and/or opiates
Agop Artinian, MD
477 Bergen Blvd
Ridgefield, NJ 07657
(201) 945-6319
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Karen Droesch, PMHNP-BC
297 Knollwood Road, Suite 305
White Plains, NY 10607
(914) 661-2030
Patricia Halligan, MD
10 Office Park Way, Suite 100
Pittsford, New York 14534
(585) 445-4181
Brian Johnson, MD
STE217 600 E. Genesee Street
600 E. Genesee Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
(315) 464-3130
Ilona Csapo, MD
Willow Wellness & Recovery
25 Orange Street
Asheville, NC 28801
(828) 772-6715
beintouch@willowwellnessandrecovery.com
Nadia S. Meyer, MD
7780 Brier Creek Parkway,Suite 306
Raleigh, NC 27617
(919) 582-7272
We don’t have any prescribers in your state yet! Know of or are a benzodiazepine competent prescriber? Let us know.
We don’t have any prescribers in your state yet! Know of or are a benzodiazepine competent prescriber? Let us know.
Michael Chase Ledbetter, D.O.
Tulsa, OK
(918) 748-7585
Julia Bishop-Taylor, NP
14523 Westlake Drive, Ste 4
Lake Oswego OR 97035
(503) 966-5660
Julie Glass, N.D.
Deep Roots Family Medicine
605 Union St NE
Salem, OR 97301
(971) 207-3680
Kathryn Trinidad, MD
879 Hospital Rd
Indiana, PA, 15701
We don’t have any prescribers in your state yet! Know of or are a benzodiazepine competent prescriber? Let us know.
We don’t have any prescribers in your state yet! Know of or are a benzodiazepine competent prescriber? Let us know.
We don’t have any prescribers in your state yet! Know of or are a benzodiazepine competent prescriber? Let us know.
Austin, TX
(512) 598-2092
Steven Powell, MD
Carma Health
630 W 34th St #301
Austin, TX 78705
(512) 212-4670
Park City, UT 84060
(435)215-7222
12340 S 450 E
Draper, UT 85117
(801) 748-3888
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(804) 353-0010
Mark Chalem, MD
201 W North River Dr #520
Spokane, WA 99201
(509) 381-5196
Christina Demopulos, MD
400 ISLAND CORPORATE CENTER
7525 SE 24th Street
Mercer Island, WA 98040
(206) 230-0330
Christiane L. Kubit, MD
12607 SE Mill Plain Blvd
Vancouver, WA 98684
(800) 813-2000
We don’t have any prescribers in your state yet! Know of or are a benzodiazepine competent prescriber? Let us know.
We don’t have any prescribers in your state yet! Know of or are a benzodiazepine competent prescriber? Let us know.
We don’t have any prescribers in your state yet! Know of or are a benzodiazepine competent prescriber? Let us know.