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 Group, offering continuing medical education (CME) credit.

This panel is focused on the experiences of four medical providers who were also patients and were harmed by prescribed psychiatric medication. Panelists: Christy Huff, MD, is a cardiologist residing in the U.S. and director of Benzodiazepine Information Coalition, a nonprofit that educates about the adverse effects of prescribed benzodiazepines. Dr. Huff experienced benzodiazepine adverse...

Dr. Christy Huff, Dr. Stephen Wright and Dr. Anna Lembke will present Benzodiazepines: A Crisis Hidden in Plain Sight at the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry’s 2020 Annual Meeting. Their talk focuses on benzodiazepine risks, the importance of safe tapering, The Ashton Manual, the differences between addiction and physical dependence, along with Dr. Huff’s story of prescribed benzodiazepine...