Find a Benzodiazepine Withdrawal 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.
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 & 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 (varying starting doses, etc.) so rates should be adjusted accordingly in conjunction with patient feedback & 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.
Benzodiazepine Information Coalition cannot give individual tapering advice or support. If you are experiencing a life threatening emergency please call 911, or the emergency number in your country.
United States
Alabama
We don’t have any prescribers in your state yet!
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Alaska
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Arizona
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Arkansas
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California
My Doctor Medical Group
450 Sutter Street, Suite 840
(415) 363-4431
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.
Kashif Abdullah, MD
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
5525 Etiwanda Ave #224
Tarzana, CA 91356
(818) 708-4848
John Humiston, MD
3636 5th Ave
San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 814-5500
Colorado
Connecticut
We don’t have any prescribers in your state yet! Know of or are a benzodiazepine competent prescriber? Let us know.
Delaware
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Florida
Esther Mugomba-Bird, ARNP
Naples, FL
(239) 624-3880
(941) 388-8997
Georgia
1100 Lake Hearn Dr NE
Atlanta, GA 30342
(404) 365-0966
Hawaii
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Idaho
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
Illinois
Indiana
Jo Swart, MSN, CPNP, PMHNP
P.O. Box 326
North Webster, IN 46555
(574) 320-1583
[email protected]
Iowa
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Kansas
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Kentucky
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Louisiana
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Maine
James Berry, MD
489 State St
Bangor, ME 04401
Maryland
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Massachusetts
(781) 829-0930
Michigan
Minnesota
Working on a project involving benzodiazepines? We can help. Please do not contact prescribers on this list for interviews, conferences or other information. They do not claim expertise on the subject. Instead, please visit our Media Center or contact us directly.
Mississippi
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Missouri
527 SW Market St,
Montana
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Nebraska
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Nevada
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New Hampshire
Lisa von Braun, 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
New Jersey
Agop Artinian, MD
477 Bergen Blvd
Ridgefield, NJ 07657
(201) 945-6319
New Mexico
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New York
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
Valsa Madhava MD, MPH
Brain Body Medical
15 E 40th St, Suite 203
New York, NY 10016
(646) 450-3504
[email protected]
North Carolina
Nadia S. Meyer, MD
7780 Brier Creek Parkway,Suite 306
Raleigh, NC 27617
(919) 582-7272
North Dakota
We don’t have any prescribers in your state yet! Know of or are a benzodiazepine competent prescriber? Let us know.
Ohio
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Oklahoma
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Oregon
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
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
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South Carolina
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South Dakota
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Tennessee
Texas
Austin, TX
(512) 598-2092
Steven Powell, MD
Carma Health
630 W 34th St #301
Austin, TX 78705
(512) 212-4670
Utah
Park City, UT 84060
(435)215-7222
12340 S 450 E
Draper, UT 85117
(801) 748-3888
Vermont
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Virginia
Working on a project involving benzodiazepines? We can help. Please do not contact prescribers on this list for interviews, conferences or other information. They do not claim expertise on the subject. Instead, please visit our Media Center or contact us directly.
(804) 353-0010
(703) 318-5622
Washington
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
West Virginia
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Wisconsin
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Wyoming
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International
Australia
Dr. Hester Wilson
Sydney Australia
612 9550 6201