After Opioids, Benzodiazepine Use Raises Concern

This one has a little more coverage than the usual benzo media stories.

 

https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/news/20190206/after-opioids-benzodiazepine-use-raises-concerns

Steam is coming out of my ears ... abuse ? Doctors abuse patients. Don't put them on high doses of that stuff, long term, and subsequently blame them !

Thanks for posting this.

 

“Despite those risks, there are “surprisingly few” guidelines for doctors to prescribe benzodiazepines, especially for those off-label uses, Agarwal says. ”

 

““We’re given a very simple instrument, which is a prescription pad,” she says. “And with no time and no other resources, doctors are sort of handcuffed in a way into prescribing certain types of pills that give short-term relief but in the long run don’t really help people.” “

 

They do not understand how to dose these drugs.

Lack of time to properly access and address the patents’ problems is not an excuse for the lack of knowledge and understanding in how to administer the benzodiazaphine.

Doctors are not handcuffed or forced into doing anything.