EMPOWER-ED was a two-arm, individually randomized trial with a 6-month follow-up conducted at Veterans Health Administration ...

Stopping long-term benzodiazepine treatment was tied to a higher risk of death, according to a comparative effectiveness study using claims data. An intention-to-treat analysis showed that among ...

Dear Dr. Roach: For four years, I have been taking 2 mg of alprazolam at night to sleep. For the past six months, I have noticed that if I take it at 10:30 p.m., I usually cannot fall asleep until ...

Among those fully discontinuing benzodiazepines, 10.4 percent had taken a year or longer to taper, though their symptoms persisted beyond discontinuation, sometimes for months and years. Many had ...

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 ...

As part of the review, the Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) found it was necessary to strengthen warnings of the known ...