[wa...] Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 This is an older article I found in the very newsletter now citing ME/CFS/FM sufferers using benzodiazepines as part of patients' treatment. https://www.healthrising.org/blog/2016/06/24/benzodiazepine-fibromyalgia-chronic-fatigue-withdrawal/ Benzos and Z drugs just keep sneaking back into doctors' list of go-to meds for patients with chronic auto immune conditions. Looks like this is apparently true for post viral patients with long haul COVID, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[je...] Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Yes, unfortunately on the FB groups for Long Covid many people are starting up on benzo's. Doctors don't know how to treat LC so they just prescribe benzo's to treat the symptoms which are very similar to benzo withdrawal. Sometimes people are warned about the dangers but many don't care or fully understand as they are struggling significantly, also non-functional, so they'll take anything to get some quality of life back. We'll probably start seeing an increase in new members from LC prescriptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[wa...] Posted December 11, 2022 Author Share Posted December 11, 2022 Yes -- and I just briefly perused this: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7780859/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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