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 ...

Benzodiazepines were involved in more drug-induced deaths in 2016 than heroin and methadone combined, but you would be hard-pressed to find any stories warning of their dangers on the front pages.

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 ...

White race was associated with greater likelihood of being prescribed benzodiazepines by their primary care physician. Non-white lower-income patients were least likely to receive a prescription. SAN ...

Key elements of substance-use disorders are dose increases, tolerance of and craving for the drug’s effects, and loss of control. These diagnostic criteria and definitions are used for all classes of ...

Anxiety is best managed when the brain becomes less reactive to threats. Benzodiazepines can interfere with the learning ...

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 ...

Benzodiazepine drugs are prescribed at about 66 million doctors’ appointments a year in the US, according to a report by the US National Center for Health Statistics. This means that for every 100 ...

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 ...

Over half of these prescriptions were for a 15 to 30-day supply, which may exceed the recommended short-term use. The research also noted that women were more likely to be prescribed benzodiazepines ...