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      • Akathisia
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Benzodiazepine Information Coalition

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Benzodiazepine Information Coalition organized this resource to aid providers and patients in learning more about benzodiazepine cessation and where they may find support. We do not provide individual patient support. Our organization advocates for slow tapers for those patients who have chosen to come off benzodiazepines. We oppose forced cessation and detox facilities for compliant patients.

DISCLAIMER: The resources and research referred to on this site are being provided for informational purposes only. Benzodiazepine Information Coalition is not affiliated with, nor does it sponsor, these resources/organizations, and therefore cannot verify their accuracy or legitimacy. If you have any questions about the content found on any of these websites, please contact the administrator of that particular site directly.

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Table of Contents
  • Support
    • Financial Resources
    • Find A Benzodiazepine Tapering Cooperative Provider
    • Support Services
    • Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Taper Coaching
    • Complementary and Alternative Services
    • Support Forums
    • Support Groups on Facebook
    • Support Groups on Zoom
    • International Support
    • Other Resources
    • Medical Malpractice Lawyers
  • Information
    • CME / Continuing Education
    • Retired CME / Continuing Education
    • Benzodiazepine Tapering Information
    • FDA Updated Warnings
    • Key Materials
    • Guidelines
    • Printables
    • Videos
    • Books
    • Benzodiazepine Podcasts
    • Other Podcasts
    • Documentaries
    • Other Benzodiazepine Websites

Support

Financial Resources

  • Financial Aid Resources and Disability Information For Benzodiazepine-Harmed Patients

Find A Benzodiazepine Tapering Cooperative Provider

Medical providers who are open to slow, patient-guided tapers are encouraged to fill out our Benzodiazepine Tapering Cooperative Providers Application. Patients who wish to recommend their provider can complete our Patient Recommendation form.

  • Benzodiazepine Tapering Cooperative Providers

Support Services

  • Baylissa Frederick, MA
    baylissa.com/therapy 
  • Chris Paige, LCSW
    chrispaigelcsw.com
    Member of Benzodiazepine Information Coalition’s Medical Advisory Board.

Support services encompass a range of paid offerings including coaching, counseling, and family support. Support services are non-medical, and not authorized to issue benzodiazepine prescriptions or provide medical guidance. For details about the services provided by each listing, we recommend contacting providers directly. Visit our Non-Medical Support Sponsorship Information page to learn how to join this list.

Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Taper Coaching

  • Mark Horowitz, MBBS PhD
    markhorowitz.org
    Academic Consultancy Only; Not registered as a medical doctor in the United States.
  • Nicole Lamberson, PA
    nlambersoncoaching@gmail.com
    Taper Coaching and Academic Consultancy Only; Not licensed as a physician assistant or other medical professional in the U.S. or elsewhere. Member of Benzodiazepine Information Coalition’s Board of Directors.

Taper coaching is not a substitute for medical or mental healthcare. Taper coaches cannot provide prescriptions or assume responsibility for medical care. Taper coaches can offer valuable tips, resources, information, support and education to the client and even collaborate with the existing medical team, if requested. Visit our Sponsorship Information page to learn how to join this list as a taper coach.

Complementary and Alternative Services

  • Megan Conover, M.Ac., L.Ac. (Pennsylvania Only)
    healingjourneywellness.com
  • Sunny-Kim Barden, DAOM, AP (Florida Only)
    taotohealth.com

Studies are very limited with regard to how complementary and/or alternative services/ medical care may affect benzodiazepine injury/withdrawal syndromes. There are no FDA-approved complementary or alternative medications, supplements, therapies and/or modalities to aid with benzodiazepine injury/withdrawal specifically. However, some benzo-affected individuals wish to try and/or anecdotally report a benefit from some of these treatments/modalities. The individuals/practitioners listed below are benzo-aware and working in a complementary/alternative space. Before trying any medication, supplement and/or therapy, BIC recommends you research its safety and/or effectiveness.

Support Forums

  • Benzo Buddies
  • Benzodiazepine Recovery Reddit
  • Surviving Antidepressants

Support Groups on Facebook

  • Benzo Recovery
  • Benzo Warrior Community
  • Benzodiazepine and Psych Drug Withdrawal Christian Support
    Message Kathryn, Kimberly M., Cindy or Kimberly A. on Facebook to join
  • Blazing Benzo 
    Cannabis-focused
  • Journey to Health: A community for Benzo Withdrawal and Support

Support Groups on Zoom

  • Benzo Hope NYC
  • Benzo Warrior Zoom
    Offers both benzo-impacted and caregiver support groups. Join the Benzo Warrior Community to gain access

International Support

  • Vancouver Benzo Support Group (Canada)
  • Sevrage des benzodiazĂ©pines, antidĂ©presseurs et somnifères – Forum de soutien et d’entraide (France)
  • Informations et entraide au sevrage des benzodiazĂ©pines et somnifères  (France)
  • PsyAb (Germany)
  • Dan Yaku (Japan)
  • Benzo Info Japan (Japan)
  • The R.E.S.T. Minor Tranquilisers Service (Camden) (Camden Only, United Kingdom)
  • Postscript 360 (United Kingdom)

Other Resources

  • Alternatives to Suicide from the Wildflower Alliance
  • Inner Compass Initiative
  • Outro (Antidepressant Deprescribing Service)
  • Surviving Antidepressants (Antidepressant Support Forum)

Medical Malpractice Lawyers

Learn more about benzodiazepine Class Actions, Lawsuits and Reporting Harm. The lawyers on this list are available for certain benzodiazepine-related harm cases in the states where they are licensed to practice.

  • Michael R. Graf
    255 N. Addison Ave
    Ste 625
    Elmhurst, IL 60126
    847-612-1193 
    mike@mrgrafpc.com
  • Hoyt Hart
    P.O. Box 675670
    Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067
    858-756-1636
  • Mike Mosher 
    131 Bonham St.
    Paris, TX 75460
    903-785-4721
    mosherjusticectr.com
    mdm@mosherjusticectr.com 
    Licensed in Texas and New York
  • Caroline Moore 
    United Kingdom
     0114 250 7100
    medical-solicitors.com/about-us/caroline-moore/
  • John D. Polivick
    250 Parkway Drive
    Ste 150
    Lincolnshire, IL 60069
    312-530-0085
    polivicklawfirm.com

Information

CME / Continuing Education

  • Deprescribing/Tapering of Prescription Benzodiazepines
  • Benzodiazepines: Appropriate Prescribing and Alternative Treatments
  • Benzodiazepine Deprescription: Indications, Benefits, and Risks
  • Understanding the Principles of Benzodiazepine Tapering
  • Techniques for Successful Benzodiazepine Tapering

Retired CME / Continuing Education

  • Benzodiazepines Boon or Blunder?

Benzodiazepine Tapering Information

  • Benzodiazepine Tapering Strategies and Solutions
  • Benzodiazepine Deprescribing Guidance
  • The Ashton Manual
  • Medications and Supplements of Concern
  • Ten Tips to Find Medical Help with Benzodiazepine Cessation
  • The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines: Antidepressants, Benzodiazepines, Gabapentinoids and Z-drugs (The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines Series)

FDA Updated Warnings

  • 2016 Boxed Warning Update: Opioid Interaction
  • 2020 Boxed Warning Update: Physical Dependence/Protracted Syndromes
  • 2023 Clobazam Update: Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS)

Key Materials

  • British Medical Association Report
  • A Brief History of Benzodiazepines 
  • Long-term consequences of benzodiazepine-induced neurological dysfunction: A survey
  • Online Communities for Drug Withdrawal: What Can We Learn?
  • The Revival of the Market for Benzodiazepines 
  • FDA Box Warning Label Changes
  • Therapeutics Initiative Use of Benzodiazepines in BC 

Guidelines

  • Benzo Action Work Group Deprescribing Guidance
  • Benzo Action Work Group Prescribing Guidance
  • Benzo Action Work Group Peer Support Document
  • The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines: Antidepressants, Benzodiazepines, Gabapentinoids and Z-drugs
  • The Joint Clinical Practice Guideline on Benzodiazepine Tapering: Considerations When Benzodiazepine Risks Outweigh Benefits
  • New York City Prescribing Guidelines
  • Use of Benzodiazepines for PTSD in Veteran’s Affairs
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Guidelines
  • Pennsylvania Prescribing Guidelines
  • Scotland Polypharmacy Guidance, Realistic Prescribing, 3rd edition, 2018
  • College of Physicians and Professional Surgeons of British Columbia Professional Standards and Guidelines
  • Kaiser Permanente Benzodiazepine and Z-Drug Safety Guideline
  • American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults
  • All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Prescribed Drug Dependence Guidance for Psychological Therapists

Printables

  • Benzodiazepines: How They Work and How to Withdraw (The Ashton Manual)
  • Informed Consent for Benzodiazepine Prescription
  • Benzodiazepine Tapering Strategies and Solutions
  • Benzo Action Work Group Deprescribing Guidance
  • Benzo Action Work Group Prescribing Guidance
  • Benzo Action Work Group Peer Support Document
  • 10 Tips to Help Patients Through Benzodiazepine Withdrawal
  • Benzodiazepine Information Coalition Media Kit
  • Withdrawing Prescribed Benzodiazepine Patients: A Printable Pamphlet
  • Consequences of Benzodiazepine-Induced Neurological Dysfunction: A Survey Presentation Poster
  • Tolerance, Physical Dependence and Addiction Handout

Videos

  • Benzodiazepine Information Coalition’s YouTube Channel
  • Benzodiazepine-Induced Neurological Dysfunction
  • Effects of Benzodiazepines on the Nervous System & Body
  • Medicating Normal: Benzodiazepines: Risks and Dangers Playlist
  • Heather Ashton Benzodiazepine Withdrawal
  • Heather Ashton How to Taper Off Benzodiazepines
  • Coming off Medication with Heather Ashton
  • Liquid Micro Taper Process 
  • Benzo Detox – How To Guide

Books

  • Ashton Manual by C. Heather Ashton
  • Benzo Free: The World of Anti-Anxiety Drugs and The Reality of Withdrawal by D.E. Foster
  • Loving Someone through Benzo Withdrawal: A Caregiver, Family, and Friend’s Guide by Mrs. Stacey Uhlman
  • Recovery and Renewal by Baylissa Frederick
  • The Dark Side of Sleeping Pills by Daniel Kripke, M.D.
  • The Waiting Room: My Recovery Journey from Medication Injury & Benzodiazepine Withdrawal by Jennifer Swantkowski, Ph.D., LCSW
  • The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines: Antidepressants, Benzodiazepines, Gabapentinoids and Z-drugs (The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines Series) by Mark Horowitz and David Taylor

Benzodiazepine Podcasts

  • Benzo Free Podcast with D. Foster
  • Benzodiazepine Awareness with Geraldine Burns
  • Benzotired Podcast with Naftal Benisty
  • Benzodiazepine Information Coalition’s Podcast Appearance Playlist on Spotify

Other Podcasts

  • The Anxious Truth Podcast with Drew Lisalata
  • Sleep is a Skill Podcast with Mollie Eastman

Documentaries

  • Prescription Nightmare (2024)
  • As Prescribed (2022)
  • Medicating Normal (2020)
  • The Benzo Crisis This is Life with Lisa Ling (2019)
  • The Benzodiazepine Medical Disaster (2018)
  • Ada v Ativan (1988)*

*uses inaccurate addiction language, see: Addiction vs Physical Dependence

Other Benzodiazepine Websites

  • Akathisia Alliance
  • Alliance for Benzodiazepine Best Practices 
  • Baylissa.com
  • Benzo.org.uk
  • Benzodiazepine Action Work Group
  • Benzo Free
  • Benzo Warrior 
  • La BenzOveillance (Quebec, Canada Citizen Mobilization Movement)
  • Medicating Normal

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  • About Benzodiazepines
    • Benzo Basics
      • Ashton Manual
      • A Brief History Of Benzodiazepines
      • Class Actions, Lawsuits and Reporting Harm 
      • FDA 2020 Benzodiazepine Boxed Warning
      • Medications and Supplements of Concern
      • Xanax Study Outcomes
    • Prescribing
      • Addiction vs Physical Dependence
      • Genetic Testing
      • Informed Consent
      • Low Dose Benzodiazepines
      • Mechanism of Action
      • Prescribing Statistics
      • Steps to Reduce Benzodiazepine Overprescribing
      • Therapeutic Actions
    • Prescribing Risks
      • Akathisia
      • Fluoroquinolones
      • Functional Brain Changes
      • Interdose Withdrawal
      • Paradoxical Reactions
      • Physical Dependence
      • Risks of Remaining on Benzodiazepines
      • Red Flags
      • Short-Term Risks
      • Side Effects
      • Suicide
      • Tolerance
    • Deprescribing
      • Ashton Manual
      • Detox, Cold Turkey, Abrupt Cessation
      • Dosages Prevent Safe Withdrawal
      • Estimates of Withdrawal
      • The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines
      • How To Find Tapering Help
      • Phenobarbital
      • Tapering Strategies and Solutions
    • Desprescribing Risks
      • Akathisia
      • Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Syndrome (BWS)
      • Forced Switching or Stopping
      • Functional Brain Changes
      • Kindling
      • Protracted Withdrawal Syndrome (PWS)
      • Suicide
      • Withdrawal & Post Withdrawal Symptoms
    • Special Populations
      • Benzodiazepines and PTSD
      • Celebrities
      • Benzodiazepines and COVID-19
      • Older Adults
      • Women
      • Incarcerated Population
      • Substance Use Disorders
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