Benzo News

The problem is that the harm hasn't dropped with it. A run of studies published in 2026 shows why: the risk from benzodiazepines was never really about the raw number of prescriptions...

For decades, the advice on stopping benzodiazepines was vague. Clinical guidance generally said not to use them for more than about four weeks, but long-term use was, and still is, common. Patients who had taken the same dose for years often ...