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Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome (BZD withdrawal) is the cluster of signs and symptoms that may emerge when a person who has been taking benzodiazepines as prescribed develops a physical dependence on them and then reduces the dose or stops taking them without a safe taper schedule.
“I’ve got Ativan here. It’s less addictive.” It had taken me months to get off Ativan, which I had done the year before, using Valium to taper down. For me it has gone: 1985 - 2009 Booze, and occasionally a little cocaine, speed or weed. 2009 - 2010 Baclofen, Ativan, lithium, Wellbutrin, Zoloft, and two or three others with chemical names
A review of clonazepam use in psychiatric disorders reported longitudinal evidence of continued anxiolytic efficacy for up to 3 years, [19] and a meta-analysis of long-term benzodiazepine use found no difference in outcome between benzodiazepines and antidepressants after 8 weeks. [20]
A review in 2006 of the literature on use of benzodiazepine and nonbenzodiazepine hypnotics concluded that more research is needed to evaluate the long-term effects of hypnotic drugs. [84] The majority of the problems of benzodiazepines are related to their long-term use rather than their short-term use. [ 85 ]
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Lorazepam, sold under the brand name Ativan among others, is a benzodiazepine medication. [14] It is used to treat anxiety (including anxiety disorders ), trouble sleeping , severe agitation , active seizures including status epilepticus , alcohol withdrawal , and chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting . [ 14 ]
For the first time in two decades, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new class of medication that provides an alternative to addictive opioids for patients looking to manage ...