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Are Stroke Survivors Getting Too Many Sedatives Like Xanax, Valium?
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 17, 2024
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Doctors might be overprescribing sedatives to stroke survivors, a new study warns.
About 5% of people are prescribed a benzodiazepine fo...
Use of 'Benzo' Sedatives Like Valium, Xanax Won't Raise Dementia Risk: Study
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 2, 2024
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Benzodiazepines do not appear to increase dementia risk, but could have subtle long-term effects on brain structure, a new study reports.
Researchers found no link between use of the sedative drug and a higher risk of dementia in a group of more than 5,400 adults in the ...
Valium, Xanax Prescriptions Could Raise Overdose Risk in Youth
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- November 29, 2022
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Teenagers and young adults who use benzodiazepines to treat insomnia may be at heightened risk of overdose, a new study finds.
Benzodiazepines include anxiety medications like Ativan, Klonopin, Valium and Xanax, as well as prescription sleep aids such as estazolam (...
Dangerous Prescriptions of Opioids-Plus-Sedatives Plummet in U.S.
- Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
- June 7, 2022
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Reacting to the nation's opioid epidemic, doctors in the United States are co-prescribing fewer opioid painkillers and benzodiazepines such as Ativan and Xanax, federal health officials report.
When these drugs are taken together, the odds of an overdose, even a fatal ov...
Animal Sedative Is Driving Rise in Fatal Drug ODs
- Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
- September 21, 2021
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An animal tranquilizer, xylazine, is increasingly linked to drug overdose deaths across the United States, health officials say.
According to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, xylazine has turned up in overdose deaths in 25 of 38 stat...