About 2% of women take benzodiazepines in pregnancy, though concerns exist about adverse infant outcomes. Benzodiazepine use was linked to increased risk of abortion, preterm birth, and small for ...

Doctors may retire, but an inappropriate prescription can last forever. Or, until the field changes. At the moment, a sea change in how doctors prescribe benzodiazepines is taking place across America ...

Newly prescribed benzodiazepines or antipsychotics were tied to higher mortality for dementia patients in hospice. The drugs were started a median of 3 days after hospice enrollment and the mean stay ...

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Long-term, regular use of benzodiazepines is common and can lead to physical dependence and withdrawal when the dose is reduced or the medication is abruptly stopped. However, evidence has been ...

The drugs treat disorders such as anxiety, panic attacks and insomnia, but stopping them abruptly can compound users’ symptoms and even endanger their lives. By Christina Caron Tasha Hedges took Xanax ...

‘Benzos’ can help with anxiety in the short term, as Parker Posey’s character knows all too well. But the series doesn’t reveal the real toll of chronic overuse. Benzodiazepine use and abuse are ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Although benzodiazepines like Valium and Xanas are often prescribed to treat mental health issues and inflammation-related diseases, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) ...

Identifying a key protein's role could improve the common mental health medications and point to new treatments for inflammation-related diseases, a medicinal chemist says. Benzodiazepines like Valium ...

A silent crisis is unfolding in medicine, one that disproportionately affects women and has gone largely unchecked for decades. The overprescription of benzodiazepines, commonly known as tranquilizers ...

Two years after she started taking Xanax, Dana Bare began having panic attacks like never before. Her memory started slipping. Her husband had to remind her how to make a sandwich. Bare’s ailments ...