Artikel fra ABC News.

The benzodiazepine (benzos) drugs may be associated with side effects, tolerance, dependency, addiction, withdrawal symptoms and a protracted withdrawal syndrome. This site is a place to learn about these issues.
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"A Greater Manchester MP has urged the government to help the tens of thousands of people in the North West hooked on prescription medication." Artikel fra BBC news, med video klip på (15 August 2011).

"More than a million adults in Britain are hooked on drugs prescribed for them by their GPs, a BBC documentary reveals."

"Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome - often abbreviated to benzo withdrawal - is the cluster of symptoms that appear when a person who has taken benzodiazepines long term and has developed benzodiazepine dependence stops taking benzodiazepine drug(s) or during dosage reductions. Benzodiazepine withdrawal is similar to alcohol withdrawal syndrome and barbiturate withdrawal syndromes, and can in severe cases provoke life-threatening withdrawal symptoms, such as seizures. Severe and life-threatening symptoms are mostly limited to abrupt or over-rapid dosage reduction from high doses. A protracted withdrawal syndrome may develop in a proportion of individuals with symptoms such as anxiety, irritability, insomnia and sensory disturbances. In a small number of people, it can be severe and exacerbate or resemble serious psychiatric and medical conditions, such as mania, schizophrenia, and, especially at high doses, seizure disorders. A serious side effect of benzodiazepine withdrawal is suicide."

"Benzo blog by DR. JENNIFER LEIGH"

"BEYOND MEDS — ALTERNATIVES TO PSYCHIATRY — A RESOURCE. I am someone with lived experience as both a mental health professional and someone who was once treated with psychiatric drugs. My experience as both patient and mental health professional allows for some interesting and sometimes uncomfortable insights into the mental health system in the United States. This blog also deals in general with socio/political and spiritual issues as they pertain to mental health and human rights issues surrounding psychiatry. For additional collections of such themed posts look at the tabs on the top of the page. It makes navigating the rest of the archives much easier." Meget information omkring benzoer.. God blog..

Søg på Benzo eller Benzodiazepin, og der kommer flere artikler frem om kampen med abstinenserne.

Welcome to our Recovery Road comprehensive website which provides individuals and families affected by withdrawal and dependency on sleeping pills, other benzodiazepine tranquillisers, Z-drugs and antidepressants with self-help and coping strategies and promotes awareness through our “Recovery & Renewal” book.
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Blog fra Dr. Jennifer Leigh

Hendes egen beskrivelse om kampen med hendes Benzo abstinenser. Du kan tilmelde dig hendes nyhedsbrev. Se også hendes åben brev til alle læger. Du kan evt printe brevet ud og tage med til din egen læge.
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CEP exists to communicate evidence of the potentially harmful effects of psychiatric drugs to the people and institutions..

Hjemmesiden bag World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day

If you have ever wondered if you will ever get out of the benzodiazepine nightmare — you can.

I am living proof it is possible. I suffered with insomnia and took benzodiazepine for nearly 40 years!

With the right program I was able to become drug free.

"How powerful, addictive benzodiazepines such as Xanax and Klonopin are being prescribed for sleep and pushing more Americans into dependency, and why no one’s raising the alarm."

"Doctors are doling out multiple prescription pills to patients over 65 years old at a record pace, sparking fears seniors are being exposed to addiction and potentially fatal combinations."

Welcome to Recovery Road! We welcome you to use the self improvement data, adapting devices and different assets offered here for individuals influenced by withdrawal and reliance on dozing pills, other benzodiazepine sedatives, , Z-medications and antidepressants, their families, advisors, specialists and other people who give mind. There is an abundance of important data on this site so have a decent 'peruse through'. We trust you will leave feeling consoled, supported and engaged. On the off chance that you might want additional help, as a private withdrawal bolster counsel with the originator of the Recovery Road Project.