benzodiazepines

Nonmedical Benzodiazepines in Canada

Report

3 January 2025

The Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (CCENDU), co-ordinated by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA), publishes this newsletter regularly to inform people living in Canada about emerging substance use...

New Psychoactive Substances – Designer Benzodiazepines

ISSUP Webinar

8 March 2023

ISSUP Pakistan present their Webinar on New Psychoactive Substances – Designer Benzodiazepines.

New Psychoactive Substances – Designer Benzodiazepines

8 March 2023

Islamabad

Pakistan

ISSUP Pakistan would like to invite you to their Webinar on New Psychoactive Substances – Designer Benzodiazepines.

Outcomes After Implementation of a Benzodiazepine-Sparing Alcohol Withdrawal Order Set in an Integrated Health Care System

Scientific article

22 February 2022

Abstract Importance Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) is a common inpatient diagnosis managed primarily with benzodiazepines. Concerns about the adverse effects associated with benzodiazepines have spurred interest in using benzodiazepine...

Risks and Harms Associated with the Nonmedical Use of Benzodiazepines in the Unregulated Drug Supply in Canada

Report

25 December 2021

Summary Substance use risks are significantly higher for people who obtain drugs on the unregulated market as there is no quality control and drug contents are unpredictable. This lack of predictability has increased during the COVID-19...

New Benzodiazepines in Europe – A Review

Book

Summary This report provides a technical review of the current body of knowledge regarding new benzodiazepines that are monitored by the EU Early Warning System. The aims of this report are to strengthen situational awareness of new...

WHO Management of Alcohol Withdrawal

Scientific article

Alcohol withdrawal can be uncomfortable and occasionally life threatening. Pharmacological management of alcohol withdrawal is an essential component of alcohol dependence. Benzodiazepines (BZDs), nonsedating anticonvulsants and...

Cross-Party Group on Alcohol and Drugs Next Meeting to Focus on ‘Street Valium’

26 February 2019

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

The Cross Party Group on Alcohol and Drugs will host their Annual General Meeting in the Scottish Parliament on the 26th of February 2019.

Patterns in Outpatient Benzodiazepine Prescribing in the United States

Scientific article

25 January 2019

Key Points Question: How are benzodiazepines being prescribed, and how have prescribing patterns changed over time? Findings: In this serial cross-sectional study of 386 457 ambulatory care visits from 2003 through 2015, the use of...

Benzodiazepine Use Is High while Use Disorder Rates Are Low

Scientific article

18 October 2018

Benzodiazepines, such as sedatives and sleeping aids, are a widely prescribed group of medicines designed for short-term treatment. Although most people manage benzodiazepines as prescribed, some individuals misuse the drugs and can develop...