Benzodiazepines (benzos) are depressants that produce sedation and hypnosis, relieve anxiety, and muscle spasms, and reduce seizures. Benzodiazepines are commonly abused due to the calming effect that they produce and also to their widespread availability. If taken with either alcohol or other medications, use can be dangerous -- and even lethal. If left untreated, benzodiazepine abuse negatively impacts one’s relationships, career, and physical and emotional health. They are some of the most commonly prescribed medications in the United States.
Benzodiazepines (benzos) are depressants that produce sedation and hypnosis, relieve anxiety, and muscle spasms, and reduce seizures. Benzodiazepines are commonly abused due to the calming effect that they produce and also to their widespread availability. If taken with either alcohol or other medications, use can be dangerous -- and even lethal. If left untreated, benzodiazepine abuse negatively impacts one’s relationships, career, and physical and emotional health. They are some of the most commonly prescribed medications in the United States.
Benzodiazepines slow down the central nervous system and may cause sleepiness and relaxed mood. Misuse of Benzodiazepines are associated with amnesia, hostility, irritability, and vivid or disturbing dreams. Those who become addicted maintain their drug supply by getting prescriptions from several doctors (a practice known as “doctor shopping”), forging prescriptions, or buying them illegally.
Benzodiazepines slow down the central nervous system and may cause sleepiness and relaxed mood. Misuse of Benzodiazepines are associated with amnesia, hostility, irritability, and vivid or disturbing dreams. Those who become addicted maintain their drug supply by getting prescriptions from several doctors (a practice known as “doctor shopping”), forging prescriptions, or buying them illegally.
16%
of opioid overdose deaths in the USA involving Benzos also.
13.5m
people filled prescriptions for Benzos in the USA in 2013.
26
Americans die every day resulting from Benzo abuse.
727
people under the age of 24 who died in 2019 from Benzo abuse.
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