Growing evidence of a link between benzodiazepines and Alzheimer’s disease in older adults warrants concern and caution, say clinicians from the Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, OH, in a new ...

Heightened awareness of the dangers of prescription opioids has prompted a movement to limit use of opioid therapies for patients with acute or chronic pain. Primary care practitioners stand on the ...

Doctors commonly prescribe benzodiazepines for treating anxiety disorders and insomnia. The efficacy of benzodiazepines has been well-documented. Some of them have become household names: Xanax ...

A new clinical practice guideline focuses on helping clinicians to safely deprescribe benzodiazepine receptor agonists (BZRAs), including benzodiazepines, zopiclone, and zolpidem, in adult patients.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Clinicians should use caution when prescribing antipsychotics and benzodiazepines to treat patients with ...

More than 30 million Americans reported taking benzodiazepines over the past year, most often for situational anxiety, insomnia, panic attacks, and depression. According to a comprehensive survey of 1 ...

The percentage of outpatient medical visits that led to a benzodiazepine prescription doubled from 2003 to 2015, according to a study published Friday. And about half those prescriptions came from ...

The number of things that can impact a person’s mental well-being is wide-ranging and varies with each person. Where some issues may require long-term psychiatric treatment and medication, other ...

Benzodiazepine drugs are widely used in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but available evidence suggests that they are not effective--and may even be harmful, concludes a systematic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Extremely preterm infants with prolonged exposure to opioids and benzodiazepines experienced an increased risk ...

Biospecimen Repositories in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Insights From an American University of Beirut and Memorial Sloan Kettering Collaboration A total of 9,259 patients were included in the ...