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Benzodiazepines are indicated for the short-term relief (two to four weeks only) of anxiety that is severe, disabling or subjecting the individual to unacceptable distress, occurring alone or in association with insomnia . . . Committee on Safety of Medicines, January 1988 . . . 2 - 4 weeks only !!!

Doctors & Experts

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  • Professor C H Ashton · Dr Reg Peart · Joan Gadsby.

  • See also: Medical Articles.

  • The Clinicopharmacotherapeutics of Benzodiazepine and Z Drug Dose Tapering Using Diazepam, Dr JG McConnell BSc, MD, FRCP, FRCPEd, May 6th, 2007.

  • Les Benzodiazépines: Comment agissent-elles et comment s'en sevrer ? Professor C Heather Ashton DM, FRCP, 2002.

  • Benzodiazepines. Transcript of BBC Radio 4 Face The Facts programme, March 16, 1999 with Professor Robert Kerwin, Professor Malcolm Lader and Dr James Robertson.

  • Simon Hervey. Transcript of BBC Radio 4 'You and Yours' programme, October 27, 1999 with Professor Robert Kerwin.

  • Benzodiazepines and their effects, Professor Ian Hindmarch, January, 1997.

  • A Doctor's Dilemma, Dr Margot Nelson-Owen, British Medical Journal, Volume 315, August 30, 1997.

  • Withdrawal Reactions from Benzodiazepines, Peter R. Breggin, M.D., 2002.

  • Brain-Disabling Effects of Benzodiazepines, Peter R. Breggin, M.D.

  • Excerpts from Toxic Psychiatry, Chapter 11, Peter R. Breggin, M.D.

  • Xanax - Approved for Panic Disorder, Peter R. Breggin M.D., Toxic Psychiatry, Chapter 11.

  • Professor M H Lader. Curriculum Vitae & Quotations.

  • Dependence on tranquillisers and antidepressants, Professor M H Lader, 1999.

  • Benefits and risks of benzodiazepines in anxiety and insomnia, Professor M H Lader, OBE, DSc, PhD, MD, FRC Psych.

  • Reducing the use of benzodiazepines in general practice, J W Tiller, 1994.

  • Protracted Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Syndrome Mimicking Psychotic Depression, Jack G. Modell, M.D., 1997.

  • Risk of Suicide Attempts after Benzodiazepine and/or Antidepressant Use, C. Ineke Neutel, PhD, Scott B. Patten, MD, PhD, Elsevier Science Inc., 1997.

  • Benzodiazepine Prescribing, Frank J Ayd Jr MD, 1989.

  • Tranquilliser Hell, Dr Trisha Macnair, March 2000.

  • Dr Terry Lynch.

  • Dr Vernon Coleman.

  • Extracts from: "Life Without Tranquillisers", Dr Vernon Coleman, MB, ChB, DSc (Hon), 1985.

  • Benzodiazepine Dependence, Dr Andrew Byrne, 1997.

  • Benzodiazepines: the end of a dream, Dr Andrew Byrne, 1994.

  • Benzodiazepines and your patients: a management programme, Roche Products Ltd, ca. 1990.

  • Committee on Safety of Medicines, UK Government Bulletin to Prescribing Doctors, January 1988.

  • Benzodiazepines - Use & Abuse, New Zealand Dept of Health, 1989.

  • Treatment of benzodiazepine dependence, K. Jean Lennane, FRACP, DPM, 1986.

  • Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Syndromes, A. Khan, P. Joyce, A. V. Jones, New Zealand, 1980.

  • Increase in Suicidal Thoughts and Tendencies: Association with Diazepam Therapy, Hewitt F. Ryan, MD; F. Bruce Merritt, MD; George E. Scott, MD; Richard Krebs, MD; and Betty L. Thompson, R.N., JAMA, March 25, 1968.

  • Side-Effects of Librium, Lancet, 1960, Drs I.M. Ingram, Gerald C. Timbury.

  • Menstrual Irregularities Associated with the Use of Chlordiazepoxide (Librium), M. James Whitelaw, MD, 1961.

  • Withdrawal Reactions from Chlordiazepoxide (Librium), Leo E. Hollister, Francis P. Motzenbecker & Roger O. Dean, 1961.

  • Benzodiazepines on trial, Peter J Tyrer, BMJ, April 14, 1984.

  • Anxiety and Insomnia, UK Mental Health Publication, 1994.

  • Benzodiazepines, Dr. Sarah Andreae-Jones MB, BS.

  • Quotations: Medical References on Benzodiazepines, Adverse Effects and Risks.

  • Quotations & Abstracts

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  • More Quotations.

  • Benzodiazepines: Abstracts from the Medical Literature.

  • The things doctors usually say !!!

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