The Benzodiazepines Crisis

The Benzodiazepines Crisis
ISBN-10
0197517277
ISBN-13
9780197517277
Category
Medical
Pages
289
Language
English
Published
2020-10-21
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Authors
John Peppin, Steven L. Wright, Robert B. Raffa

Description

"Benzodiazepines were developed to treat legitimate medical needs. However, unbridled success and prescribing beyond their intended duration of use and the available data has led to excessive prescribing, extended utilization beyond good therapeutic practice, and unintended adverse effects and substance use disorder. This book is the first to bring to light and discuss the largely unrecognized and enigmatic problem of an exceedingly prolonged withdrawal syndrome from benzodiazepines that can persist for months or years in susceptible patients, and the medical need for better evidence-based prescribing of benzodiazepines, and a call for the recognition and better treatment of the prolonged withdrawal syndrome"--

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