The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants updated boxed warnings on benzodiazepines to reflect the "serious" risks of abuse, misuse, addiction, physical dependence, and withdrawal reactions ...

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Opioids are powerful painkillers. Benzodiazepines (benzos) are strong sedatives that are prescribed for anxiety or sleep problems. Each of these medicines has side effects. Both drugs can be addictive ...

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 ...

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The FDA will require more cautions be included with the Boxed Warning that comes with benzodiazepines such as alprazolam (brand name: Xanax), lorazepam (Ativan) and clonazepam (Klonopin). Wednesday’s ...