Phenobarbital is a medication that doctors may prescribe to treat alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) during detox. There are many risks associated with its use, and it’s typically only used in rehab ...

Alcohol withdrawal can be extremely unpleasant (see here for an overview). Symptoms vary from person to person, but most people will experience some negative symptoms of alcohol withdrawal if they try ...

Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome (AWS) encompasses a spectrum of autonomic and neuropsychiatric disturbances that emerge following the abrupt cessation or marked reduction of prolonged heavy alcohol intake ...

More than 30 million prescriptions for benzodiazepines are dispensed each year in the United States, yet as Vanderbilt University psychiatrist Alistair J. Reid Finlayson and four colleagues note in ...

When my primary care doctor prescribed Klonopin to treat my severe anxiety in the months before and after major surgery in December 2021, I had no idea that getting off the drug later - as well as the ...

The temporal relationship between the development of symptoms about three days after gabapentin discontinuation and the absence of any improvements during the administration of benzodiazepines for ...

Ativan (lorazepam) is a brand-name drug that your doctor may prescribe off-label for alcohol withdrawal. The drug isn’t approved for this use, but it has been shown to be helpful in treating alcohol ...

The US. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requiring that the boxed warning on benzodiazepines be updated to provide a uniform description of the risks associated with all medications in the class.

When my primary care doctor prescribed Klonopin to treat my severe anxiety in the months before and after major surgery in December 2021, I had no idea that getting off the drug later — as well as the ...