Benzodiazepines are some of the most commonly prescribed medications in the world.
These sedative-hypnotics can provide rapid relief for symptoms like anxiety and insomnia …

The benzodiazepines are still extensively used in psychiatry, neurology and medicine in
general. Anxiety disorder and severe insomnia are important syndromal indications, but …

Objective To develop an evidence-based guideline to help clinicians make decisions about
when and how to safely taper and stop benzodiazepine receptor agonists (BZRAs); to focus …

Despite increasing focus on the use of antidepressants and other agents for the treatment of
anxiety, benzodiazepines have remained a mainstay of anxiolytic pharmacotherapy due to …

Aims To re‐examine various aspects of the benzodiazepines (BZDs), widely prescribed for
50 years, mainly to treat anxiety and insomnia. It is a descriptive review based on the Okey …

The use of benzodiazepine anxiolytics and hypnotics continues to excite controversy. Views
differ from expert to expert and from country to country as to the extent of the problem, or …

The main actions of benzodiazepines (hypnotic, anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, myorelaxant and
amnesic) confer a therapeutic value in a wide range of conditions. Rational use requires …

Benzodiazepines and medications acting on benzodiazepine receptors that do not have a
benzodiazepine structure (z-drugs) have been viewed by some experts and regulatory …

Evaluation of: Martin JLR, Sainz-Pardo M, Furukawa TA et al. Benzodiazepines in
generalized anxiety disorder: heterogeneity of outcomes based on a systematic review and …

Despite current guidelines, benzodiazepines are still considered by many clinicians to
remain good treatment options, in both the acute and the chronic phase of the treatment of …