Medically reviewed by John C. Umhau, MD, MPH, CPE Key Takeaways Benzodiazepines can treat conditions such as anxiety, seizures, insomnia, and alcohol withdrawal.These drugs carry a risk of dependence ...

While the nation has focused on opioid addiction, experts tell Healthline that benzodiazepines such as Ativan can also be addictive and dangerous. Share on Pinterest When Janis* separated from her ...

For more on this story, watch “This Is Life with Lisa Ling” on CNNgo. Catch new episodes Sundays at 10 p.m. ET/PT. There’s no understating the extent of America’s opioid crisis. In 2017, the same year ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants updated boxed warnings on benzodiazepines to reflect the "serious" risks of abuse, misuse, addiction, physical dependence, and withdrawal reactions ...

To the Editor: As a psychiatrist embedded within a family practice setting, I have found that many of my primary care colleagues view benzodiazepines as a medication to be avoided completely or used ...

Drugs such as Valium (diazepam), Xanax (alprazolam), and Ativan (lorazepam) belong to a class of compounds called benzodiazepines. These drugs are commonly prescribed to treat anxiety disorders and ...

The use of benzodiazepines, such as Xanax and Valium, is on the rise, and the number of overdose deaths related to them soared in recent years, new research says. Benzodiazepines are a class of ...

While each anxiety disorder has different symptoms, many people can benefit from a two-pronged approach consisting of psychotherapy (talk therapy) and medication. Each person may need a different ...

I got the call every addiction doctor dreads: A patient of mine nearly overdosed. He had a long history of addiction, starting with opioid pain pills in his teens after a sports injury and progressing ...

Prescribing has dropped for the first time in decades, but overdose deaths remain high and the first multisociety tapering guideline is barely a year old, says Mark Olfson, MD.

Benzodiazepines were involved in more drug-induced deaths in 2016 than heroin and methadone combined, but you would be hard-pressed to find any stories warning of their dangers on the front pages.