Alliance for Benzo Best Practices

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Alliance for Benzo Best Practices

@BenzoReform

Our mission is to reduce harm through evidence-based improvements to the prescribing of benzodiazepines and Z-drugs. #InformedConsent #MentalHealth #BenzoCrisis

Portland, Oregon Beigetreten Temmuz 2019
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Alliance for Benzo Best Practices@BenzoReform·
Very excited to see this piece, written by @shalini with guidance from the Alliance, has been published! Mainstream outlets covering benzos is a major step forward in addressing the obstacles and harm that patients face. #InformedConsent #BenzoReform
The Wall Street Journal@WSJ

Two years after she started taking Xanax, Dana Bare began having panic attacks like never before. Her memory started slipping. Her husband had to remind her how to make a sandwich. on.wsj.com/3FqQL9E

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We are very excited to announce new research and benzo news will be coming soon! This year offers the opportunity for legitimate change that will help both patients and providers #informedconsent
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Alliance for Benzo Best Practices@BenzoReform·
The term 'addiction' is incorrect as long-term benzo use fosters a physiological dependence that is not what people typically classify as drug addiction. In order to properly address issues we must first start treating patients with the respect and dignity that they deserve.
Allen Frances@AllenFrancesMD

National Scandal Surge of teen/young adult addiction to extremely dangerous Benzo type drugs that are extremely hard to stop. Why? Recklessly loose prescription by primary care docs. These drugs have almost no useful indication. Great risk/small benefit. scitechdaily.com/the-silent-sur…

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Alliance for Benzo Best Practices@BenzoReform·
Over the past months we have been working to respond to a very important draft of prescription and tapering guidelines. These guidelines will set the standard for clinical practice for discontinuation of benzos for at least the next decade. #BenzoReform
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Alliance for Benzo Best Practices@BenzoReform·
Following the onset of COVID, diagnoses of depression and anxiety were not significantly higher among postpartum women in the United States; however, there was a 15% increase in postpartum women filling a benzodiazepine prescription. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38940966/
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Alliance for Benzo Best Practices@BenzoReform·
3.5 years since this post and there is still no accepted guidelines for prescribing and tapering benzos. The good news is that our organization is actively working with @ASAMorg to produce an evidence-based document for both prescription and deprescription. #BenzoReform
Alliance for Benzo Best Practices@BenzoReform

Most people will become dependent after 6 weeks of continuous benzodiazepine use. Only 30% of dependent people ever get off them completely. Shockingly, while many exist, no benzodiazepine or Z-drug prescription guideline is generally accepted in the United States.

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Alliance for Benzo Best Practices@BenzoReform·
@JoshuaMIreland The evidence shows that some patients have successfully tapered off benzos using phenobarbital, but for others this use does not work and actually makes their symptoms worse. Our response was meant to point out these two competing facts along with the evidence.
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Alliance for Benzo Best Practices@BenzoReform·
ASAM proposed guidelines that would allow harmfully fast tapers. In response, we contributed to a 30+ page document with over 200 markup corrections and the support of 16 cosigners. We are beyond thankful to those that helped reduce harm by supporting EVIDENCE-BASED research.
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Alliance for Benzo Best Practices@BenzoReform·
There is a lot of debate on how to properly prescribe and taper benzos. What is not up for debate is the fact that benzos are NOT a long-term cure for anxiety, stress, or insomnia. If your doctor disagrees then they could be inadvertently placing you in harms way.
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Thank you to all who contribute to assisting and empowering patients, we are forever grateful.
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