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“NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH: “FDA Updates Black Box Warning for Benzodiazepines” https://www.center4research.org/fda-updates-black-box-warning-for-benzodiazepines/ . The agency warns patients to talk with their healthcare providers in order to develop a plan for safely and slowly tapering off a benzodiazepine.1 . . . Benzodiazepines already have a black box warning, which warns that taking benzodiazepines at the same time as opioids can lead to extreme sedation, slow and ineffective breathing, comas, and even death.6 FDA’s 2020 decision keeps this previous warning about combining benzodiazepines with opioids and adds additional warnings about the risks of addiction, as well as dangerous withdrawal symptoms. “https://www.center4research.org/fda-updates-black-box-warning-for-benzodiazepines/
While experiencing the transition from high school to college, John Staight was prescribed alprazolam (i.e. Xanax), a powerful benzodiazepine (benzo). As a responsible patient, John acted in good faith, and took his medication as prescribed. He trusted the “all-knowing doctors” and mental health professionals with his life. Decades later, at a cliffs edge, his trust in the mental health system would be permanently broken. Listen in, as John shares how he navigated the heroes’ journey and now lives to educate and help others escape the clutches of antidepressants and benzodiazepines.
“No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth” Plato
Colorado Consortium Benzodiazepine Action Work Group
https://corxconsortium.org/work-groups/benzodiazepine/
The Alliance for Benzodiazepine Best Practices
The Benzodiazepine Information Coalition
Benzo Free website and podcast (D Foster)
“Benzo Free: The World of Anti-Anxiety Drugs and the Reality of Withdrawal” (D Foster)
“Medicating Normal” documentary website
Watch “Medicating Normal” on Amazon Prime
https://www.amazon.com/Medicating-Normal-Robert-Whitaker/dp/B09KDF2VQ8
“Medicating Normal” YouTube Channel – Interviews with patients and medical experts
https://www.youtube.com/c/MedicatingNormal
“As Prescribed” documentary website
https://www.asprescribedfilm.com/
The Ashton Manual
BenzoBuddies support forum
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