benzodiazepine

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More than 310,000 of the benzodiazepine patients also received muscle relaxants, another type of drug the Beers guidelines say seniors should avoid.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Other states replaced sodium thiopental with the benzodiazepine midazolam, which is also used as a sedative before medical procedures.

From Scientific American • Sep. 23, 2022

She urged people dealing with benzodiazepine withdrawal to advocate for themselves as much as they can.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2021

The chief of clinical pharmacology at Massachusetts General Hospital declared, in 1976, “I have never seen a case of benzodiazepine dependence” and described it as “an astonishingly unusual event.”

From The New Yorker • Apr. 1, 2019

And yet, there are some pregnant people who suffer so severely from panic that the regular use of the lowest possible dose of benzodiazepine is vital—perhaps even necessary.

From Slate • Nov. 12, 2018