Read our latest official statistics on dependency-forming medicines, covering prescriptions of #Opioids, #Gabapentinoids, #Benzodiazepines, and #ZDrugs between October and December 2025.

🧵 A thread with more on our findings:

We're delighted to announce that we're hosting another webinar, this time hearing about the latest academic research on how we can best support people using #benzodiazepines.

#Addiction #MentalHealth #Drugs #Alcohol

Dashiell escaped long-term benzodiazepine dependence in St. Petersburg with an empathetic doctor, the Ashton Manual, careful tapering, and community support. Patience and steady progress helped him reclaim his career, relationships, and hope. #Recovery #Benzodiazepines

#Benzodiazepines do not improve #pain or quality of recovery & have an uncertain effect on #patientsatisfaction in this new #systematicreview and #meta-analysis

www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(25)00...

Understand the key differences between Valium and Xanax for treating anxiety and related conditions. This concise comparison helps patients, families, and caregivers weigh effects, duration, and appropriate clinical considerations and treatment options. #Valium #Xanax #Anxiety #Benzodiazepines https

Anxiolytics: Benzodiazepines, Barbiturates & Buspirone #Anxiolytics #Benzodiazepines #Buspirone #Barbiturates #AnxietyTreatment #GABA #Psychiatry #MedStudents #NursingStudents #Pharmacology #MentalHealthMeds #MedNotes

Anxiolytics: Benzodiazepines, Barbiturates & Buspirone
#Anxiolytics #Benzodiazepines #Buspirone #Barbiturates #AnxietyTreatment #GABA #Psychiatry #MedStudents #NursingStudents #Pharmacology #MentalHealthMeds #MedNotes

Today, some studies of #benzodiazepines estimate dependence in 15 per cent to 44 per cent of long-term users, depending on dosage, duration & individual history, after just three to six weeks of daily use. Withdrawal - bringing rebound anxiety, panic attacks, tremors and, in rare cases, seizures.

Understanding benzodiazepine tolerance is crucial for patients and healthcare providers. Tolerance reduces medication effectiveness, often requiring careful management to ensure continued therapeutic benefits and patient safety. #Benzodiazepines #MedicationManagement #Healthcare https://rpst.cc/oQGt

2025: InBoat Study launch | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol

A major new clinical trial aimed at reducing the use of street-sourced #benzodiazepines among people receiving treatment for #opioid dependency has been launched.

The NIHR-funded trial is led by @stir.ac.uk in collaboration with @capcbristol.bsky.social researchers + others.

tinyurl.com/anc7r8mx

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#Benzodiazepine use in the third trimester is linked to higher risks of preterm #birth (OR 1.71) and small-for-gestational-age #infants (OR 1.47), but first and second trimester exposure appears safer. Timing matters! ⏳👶 #Pregnancy #MaternalHealth #Benzodiazepines

SE consists of prolonged seizures that can cause hippocampal injury and respiratory compromise.
doi.org/10.1002/epi4...

#epilepsy #ILAE #epilepsiaopen #benzodiazepines #AMPAreceptors #GABAAreceptors #NMDAreceptors #receptortrafficking

#Pharmacology24
#Anxiolytics #Pharmacology #NursingSchool #NCLEXPrep #AnxietyTreatment #Benzodiazepines #Barbiturates #Buspirone #MedStudent #NursingNotes #MentalHealthAwareness #DrugSafety #GABA #PharmLife #StudyNotes #MedReview #NursingPharm #PharmaFacts #NCLEXReview #MedicationGuide

📊Une forte hausse des prescriptions potentiellement inappropriées de #benzodiazepines à l'entrée en #ehpad
Graphique du mois Irdes - 09/2025
➡️ www.irdes.fr/presse/2025/...
#Economie #Sante

💬3 questions à... Penneau A., Perronnin M., Pichetti S. et Juillard-Condat B., parution du QES n° 300 intitulé : "Prescriptions potentiellement inappropriées de #benzodiazepines : quel est l'impact de l'entrée en #ehpad ?"
➡️ www.irdes.fr/presse/2025/...
#Economie #Sante

🆕Prescriptions potentiellement inappropriées de #benzodiazepines : quel est l'impact de l'entrée en #ehpad ?
Penneau A., Perronnin M., Pichetti S., Juillard-Condat B. (Irdes), avec la collaboration de Vincent R. (Irdes)
Questions d' #Economie de la #Sante 300🎂. 05/2025
➡️ www.irdes.fr/recherche/20...

Sleep medications linked to reduced deep sleep and disrupted memory Long-term benzodiazepine use in older adults disrupts sleep patterns, leading to lighter sleep and potential cognitive decline due to altered brain activity.

😴 New study in Sleep shows that long-term use of benzodiazepines and Z-drugs alters sleep in older adults.
Less deep sleep.
More light sleep.
Weaker brain rhythms tied to memory.

🔗 www.news-medical.net/news/2025090...

#sleep #insomnia #benzodiazepines #Zdrugs #brainhealth #aging #sleepresearch

MAGIC at BE-SAFE in Warsaw 🇵🇱
Our colleagues @thomasagoritsas.bsky.social , Valerie & Sumanth joined the 4th #BESAFE Consortium Meeting, sharing updates and working on deprescribing #benzodiazepines guidelines.

besafe-horizon.eu/en/home

Clinical practice guidelines for switching or deprescribing hypnotic medications for chronic insomnia: Results of European neuropsychopharmacology and sleep expert's consensus group Current guidelines recommend cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) as the first-line treatment for chronic insomnia. Pharmacological reco…

🧵 #Insomnia is chronic it is often necessary switching between #treatments.

Discontinuation of #Hypnotic #Benzodiazepines and #Z-drugs should be gradual, with dose reductions of 10–25 % each week.

#CBT-I
#Sleepmedicine
#Deprescribing

What is #akathisia and can you get it from #fluoroquinolone #antibiotics? #cipro #ciprofloxaxin #fqtoxicity #Benzodiazepines #benzos #medication #medicationmanagement

Watch 👇🏼
youtu.be/Lae__I0YqSg

#horrorai #weird #aiimages #iconoplasm #AIArt #AIArtist #AIArtwork #GenArt #DigitalArt #AIArtGallery #AIGeneratedArt #AIArtCommunity #monster #horrorart #digitalart #fantasyai #synthart #lovecraft #devil #benzodiazepines #benzos #tentacles #insomnia

Thank You, Benzo Devil

“What you need to know about #Fluoroquinolone #Antibiotics and #Benzodiazepines”

This is 7 min long, but critical for u watch if you take #benzos & ever need antibiotics.
Watch: youtu.be/3YxLZ7KGbgA?...

#benzo #NSAIDs #FQtoxicity #FQAD #floxed #cipro #Ciprofloxacin #withdrawal #contraindications

Blindsided by Benzos: Had I Known
By Rebecca Clinard

madintheuk.com/2025/06/blin...

#Benzodiazepines #BenzoAwareness #BIND
#BenzoWithdrawal #MedicalAccountability
#InformedConsent #FirstDoNoHarm #ChemicalBrainInjury #NeurologicalDysfunction

Do you want to reduce your intake of sleeping pills? Check for the latest evidence on what works best from our publication in BMJ: www.bmj.com/content/389/...

#benzodiazepines
#sleepingpills
#sedatives
#hypnotics
#deprescription
#CBT
@magicevidence.bsky.social

Blindsided by Benzos: Had I Known
By Rebecca Clinard

madintheuk.com/2025/06/blin...

#Benzodiazepines #BenzoAwareness #BIND
#BenzoWithdrawal #MedicalAccountability
#InformedConsent #FirstDoNoHarm #ChemicalBrainInjury #NeurologicalDysfunction

Blindsided by Benzos: Had I Known
By Rebecca Clinard

madintheuk.com/2025/06/blin...

#Benzodiazepines #BenzoAwareness #BIND
#BenzoWithdrawal #MedicalAccountability
#InformedConsent #FirstDoNoHarm #ChemicalBrainInjury #NeurologicalDysfunction

Blindsided by Benzos: Had I Known
By Rebecca Clinard

madintheuk.com/2025/06/blin...

#Benzodiazepines #BenzoAwareness #BIND
#BenzoWithdrawal #MedicalAccountability
#InformedConsent #FirstDoNoHarm #ChemicalBrainInjury #NeurologicalDysfunction