Benzodiazepines WisdomCard™
Our Guides and Physician Review team have organized the Top 10 Health Resources on Benzodiazepines and compiled helpful research notes below.
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- Welcome to www.benzowise.com (1 nomination)www.benzowise.com
- Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Support (1 nomination)benzosupport.org
- Welcome to benzo.org.uk (1 nomination)www.benzo.org.uk
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Research Notes on Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines are a class of drugs which have multiple uses, including generalized anxiety disorder, epilepsy, bipolar disorder, and a wide variety of psychiatric disorders.1 Benzodiazepines were discovered in 1954 by Leo Sternbach.2 There are many different benzodiazepines in use at this time.
Fast Facts:
- Benzodiazepines are highly addictive.3
- Never stop taking any benzodiazepine cold turkey.4
- Withdrawal symptoms are numerous and include headaches, aching or twitching muscles, tremor, and a number of other unpleasant effects.5
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Latest Headlines on Benzodiazepines
What is Benzodiazepines?
- Micromedex (via Drugs.com): Description
- RxList: Definition of Benzodiazepines
- WrongDiagnosis: Description of Benzodiazepine
- CrazyMeds: All About Benzodiazepines
- Wikipedia: Benzodiazepine
What Are The Uses for Benzodiazepines?
- Healthcommunities.com, Inc (via Mental Health Channel): General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
- UpToDate: Care After Rape or Sexual Assault: Medication | Alzheimer's Disease: Treatment of Behavioral Symptoms
- MedicineNet: Diseases and Conditions
- DrugInfo Clearinghouse: How are They Used?
What Are The Side Effects, Interactions and Precautions for Benzodiazepines?
- American Association of Family Physicians: Benzodiazepines--Side Effects, Abuse Risk and Alternatives
- MentalHealth.com: Alprazolam Warnings | Precautions | Adverse Effects
- Web4Health: Adverse Effects of Benzodiazepines
What are the Alternatives to Benzodiazepines?
- Healthnotes, Inc. (via eVitamins): Introduction to Benzodiazepines
- Harvard Medical School (via AOL Health): Benzodiazepines (and the Alternatives)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Herbs, Botanicals and Other Products: Kava
- OrganizedWisdom: Clonazepam
What are the Holistic Alternatives to Benzodiazepines?
- Holistic Online: Herbal Medicine as Alternative to Benzodiazepines
- Acupuncture.com: The Successful Use of Auricular Acupuncture in the Supported Withdrawal and Detoxification of Substance Abusers
- WholeHealthMD: Health Benefits and Alternative to Benzodiazepines
- AltMD: Passionflower
Wisdom, Blogs and Message Boards about Benzodiazepines
- Revolution Health: Can't Sleep Cafe - Benzodiazepines | Posts about Insomnia
- HealthBoards: What is the Strongest Diazapine?
- StrokeNet: Do Benzodiazepines Slow Down Stroke Recovery?
- The Half Decent Pharmaceutical Chemistry Blog: So, You Know All About GABA Receptors, Don't You?
- Benzo-Wise: Everything You Need to Cope Successfully with Benzodiazepine Withdrawal
Clinical Trials for Benzodiazepines
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Medical and Scientific Trials for Benzodiazepines
- CenterWatch: Medical and Scientific Trials for Benzodiazepines
Controversy and Lawsuits about Benzodiazepines
- Science Daily: Despite Alternatives, Addictive Drugs Most Often Prescribed For Sleep Problems (June 1, 2005)
- CNET (via BNET): Ambien Users Filing Lawsuits Over Side Effects
Abuse of Benzodiazepines
- YouTube: Benzodiazepine Serve Withdrawls 15mg
- WebMD (via eMedicineHealth): Benzodiazepine Abuse
- Benzo.org.uk (via The Ashton Manual): BENZODIAZEPINE ABUSE, Professor C Heather Ashton, DM, FRCP
- HealthSquare: Benzodiazepine Abuse What You Should Know
- Micromedex (via Drugs.com): Benzodiazepine Abuse
- Merck Manuals: Chronic Use and Withdrawal
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Benzodiazepines
- PubMed Central: Scientific Articles on Benzodiazepines
- JAMA: Articles and Reviews on Benzodiazepines
- Google Scholar: Scientific Articles on Benzodiazepines
Research Notes References
- ↑ Healthwise (via WebMD): For Epilepsy
- ↑ Wikipedia: Benzodiazepine
- ↑ HealthSquare: Benzodiazepine Abuse What You Should Know
- ↑ Benzo.org.uk (via The Ashton Manual): BENZODIAZEPINE ABUSE, Professor C Heather Ashton, DM, FRCP
- ↑ DrugInfo Clearing House Benzodiazepine Withdrawal
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- Reviewer: Elisa Carter
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 23, 2009
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- Contributor: Stephen Taylor
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