When my primary care doctor prescribed Klonopin to treat my severe anxiety in the months before and after major surgery in December 2021, I had no idea that getting off the drug later - as well as the ...

More than 30 million prescriptions for benzodiazepines are dispensed each year in the United States, yet as Vanderbilt University psychiatrist Alistair J. Reid Finlayson and four colleagues note in ...

The benzodiazepines (BZs) including drugs such as diazepam (DZP) are used in the treatment of anxiety-related disorders. However, dependence develops with long-term use, even at low to moderate (ie ...

In the December, 1982 edition of High Times’ “Abuse Folio” column, David Smith and Rick Seymour write out medical advice from David Smith, M.D concerning Valium. Valium (diazepam) is the second most ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Implementation of treatment for alcohol withdrawal symptoms without benzodiazepines was associated with ...

America is well aware of its opioid epidemic, but there’s a hidden crisis brewing with prescription sedatives such as Xanax and Valium, a new review warns. Known as benzodiazepines, overdose deaths ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Q: I’ve heard that Xanax can produce more severe withdrawal symptoms than the other benzodiazepine drugs. Is this true? A: Xanax (the generic name is ...