ORLANDO, Florida ― Two medications used to help treat benzodiazepine dependence appear to have comparable efficacy but differing advantages and disadvantages, a new pilot study shows. Results of a ...

Virginia Currents features the dangers of the not-so publicized addiction to benzos. An addiction specialist from the The VA Center for Addiction Medicine in Richmond shares an eye-opening look at the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA announced that manufacturers of benzodiazepines will be required to update their boxed warning to list ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants updated boxed warnings on benzodiazepines to reflect the "serious" risks of abuse, misuse, addiction, physical dependence, and withdrawal reactions ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced new labeling changes for benzodiazepines, warning users of potential abuse, misuse and addiction, according to a Sept. 23 press release. The boxed ...

While the nation has focused on opioid addiction, experts tell Healthline that benzodiazepines such as Ativan can also be addictive and dangerous. Share on Pinterest When Janis* separated from her ...

First, let me be clear: I am not an authority on addiction, benzodiazepines or Whitney Houston. But the media coverage surrounding the Xanax, a benzodiazepine, found in Whitney Houston's hotel room ...

The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that it would require a new warning label on a class of common psychiatric drugs, called benzodiazepines, to better warn the public and health ...

I got the call every addiction doctor dreads: A patient of mine nearly overdosed. He had a long history of addiction, starting with opioid pain pills in his teens after a sports injury and progressing ...

My mentor was dying and I had no idea what to say. It was Spring 2018 and John Pettegrew, Lehigh University’s chair of history and my dissertation adviser, had just received a call from his doctor. We ...