Mild to moderate symptoms of alcohol withdrawal include irritability, anxiety, and tremors. More severe symptoms of alcohol withdrawal include hallucinations, seizures, and disorientation. To reduce ...

When my primary care doctor prescribed Klonopin to treat my severe anxiety in the months before and after major surgery in December 2021, I had no idea that getting off the drug later - as well as the ...

The drugs treat disorders such as anxiety, panic attacks and insomnia, but stopping them abruptly can compound users’ symptoms and even endanger their lives. By Christina Caron Tasha Hedges took Xanax ...

When you stop using a certain substance, you might experience withdrawal symptoms for a few days or weeks. Sometimes, though, withdrawal symptoms last a little longer. This is called post-acute ...

More than 30 million Americans reported taking benzodiazepines over the past year, most often for situational anxiety, insomnia, panic attacks, and depression. According to a comprehensive survey of 1 ...

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 ...

The temporal relationship between the development of symptoms about three days after gabapentin discontinuation and the absence of any improvements during the administration of benzodiazepines for ...

Doctors commonly prescribe benzodiazepines for treating anxiety disorders and insomnia. The efficacy of benzodiazepines has been well-documented. Some of them have become household names: Xanax ...

Q: Can a person get withdrawal symptoms if they quit drinking for a month? Is withdrawal from alcohol dangerous? Are treatments available? A: Dry January, or the practice of abstaining from alcohol ...

Over 30 million Americans a year use benzodiazepines, or “benzos,” including Xanax, Valium, Ativan and Klonopin. Benzodiazepines are prescribed to treat anxiety disorders, insomnia, muscle spasms, ...

Long-term, regular use of benzodiazepines is common and can lead to physical dependence and withdrawal when the dose is reduced or the medication is abruptly stopped. However, evidence has been ...