Medically reviewed by John C. Umhau, MD, MPH, CPE Key Takeaways Benzodiazepines can treat conditions such as anxiety, seizures, insomnia, and alcohol withdrawal.These drugs carry a risk of dependence ...

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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 ...

A new publication from physicians published in JAMA Psychiatry establishes and clinically describes complex persistent benzodiazepine dependence, or CPBD. Millions of Americans suffering from anxiety ...

When I was 8, I remember my parents took me and my older sisters to the drive-in movies to see The Trouble With Angels (with Hayley Mills and Rosalind Russell). The movie was about an all-girls ...

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 ...

This compares to only an 11-percent rise in overall treatment admissions for all substances during this period. Newswise — A new national study shows that from 1998 to 2008 (the most recent year with ...

Prescribing has dropped for the first time in decades, but overdose deaths remain high and the first multisociety tapering guideline is barely a year old, says Mark Olfson, MD.

Hit HBO Series Doubled Internet Searches For An Addictive Benzodiazepine By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, Nov. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Life imitates art, the saying goes, but does that ...