Dr. Brennan answers the question: 'Benzodiazepine Side Effects For Anxiety?' — -- Question: What are the side effects associated with benzodiazepine treatment for anxiety disorders, and are there ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Although benzodiazepines like Valium and Xanas are often prescribed to treat mental health issues and inflammation-related diseases, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) ...

Benzodiazepines produce their therapeutic effect by binding with GABA A receptors in the brain. However, the drug has an equally strong affinity to human mitochondrial tryptophan-rich sensory proteins ...

Benzodiazepine use and abuse are highlighted in the new season of The White Lotus. These medications are effective for ...

There is no link between long-term benzodiazepine use, defined as use for 6 months or longer, and increased deposition of beta-amyloid in the brain or cognitive decline in elderly patients who are ...

In November 2010, Britain’s Independent newspaper published a bombshell for psychiatry and general medicine: the country’s Medical Research Council had sat on warnings 30 years earlier that ...

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 ...

More than 30 million prescriptions for benzodiazepines are dispensed each year in the United States, yet as Vanderbilt University psychiatrist Alistair J. Reid Finlayson and four colleagues note in ...

‘Benzos’ can help with anxiety in the short term, as Parker Posey’s character knows all too well. But the series doesn’t reveal the real toll of chronic overuse. Benzodiazepine use and abuse are ...