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 ...

Xanax is taken globally and is one of the most prescribed psychiatric drugs in the U.S. It's part of a group of anti-anxiety drugs known as benzodiazepines -- or benzos. They're commonly prescribed ...

Intervention, now in electronic format, had previously shown benefit using printed materia ...

Boulder’s Jana Hill doesn’t appear on the October 6 edition of CNN’s This Is Life With Lisa Ling, which explores whether fallout from the widespread use of benzodiazepines, or benzos, such as Xanax ...

Teen addiction to benzodiazepines, called "benzos" for short, is on the rise, and these drugs are easier for teens to access—and get addicted to—than most parents think. In fact, they can be as easy ...

The Hidden Dangers of Long-Term Benzo Use | Oz Health Could the pills in your medicine cabinet be a silent killer? In this video, Dr. Oz investigates the shocking side effects of long-term use of ...

Benzos, anti-anxiety drugs including Klonopin and Xanax, are widely prescribed. But they are addictive drugs and withdrawal can be rough when you try to taper off. Many people with pain issues, who ...

Opioid overdoses continue to increase, accounting for nearly two-thirds of all overdose deaths in the US, and a high percentage of those overdoses also include other drugs. A new study shows that the ...

Popular anti-anxiety medication could be putting more than 1 million pregnant women at risk of miscarriage, a new study suggests. Researchers from Taiwan studied more than 3 million pregnancies in 2 ...