Confirmed: Intermittent Use of Benzodiazepines Is the Safest Option BARCELONA — Intermittent benzodiazepine use significantly reduces the risk for falls, fractures, and mortality in older adults compared with chronic use of these medications, result…

Long-term use of benzodiazepines in chronic insomnia: a European perspective.  Soyka M, Wild I, Caulet B, Leontiou C, Lugoboni F, Hajak G.  Front Psychiatry. 2023 Aug 2;14:1212028. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1212028. PMID: 37599882; PMCID: PM…

Benzodiazepine use, quality of life and psychiatric symptom burden in oral and injectable opioid agonist treatment: a cross-sectional study.  Meyer M, Gygli F, Westenberg JN, Schmid O, Strasser J, Lang UE, Dürsteler KM, Vogel M.  Addict Sc…

A medication-based intervention for people who use benzodiazepines  Karen Berry talks about prescribing protocols for people who are dependent on benzodiazepines, and why benzodiazepines have been such a prominent feature in drug-related death…

Global trends in antidepressant, atypical antipsychotic, and benzodiazepine use: A cross-sectional analysis of 64 countries.  Alabaku O, Yang A, Tharmarajah S, Suda K, Vigod S, Tadrous M (2023)  PLoS ONE 18(4): e0284389. doi.org/10.1371/…

The impact of benzodiazepine exposure on treatment retention in an open-access methadone program: A retrospective cohort study.  Morford KL, Tetrault JM, Zhou B, Li F, Gleeson B, Edelman EJ, Stein MD, Barry DT, Madden L.  Drug Alcohol De…