Benzodiazepines are a class of drugs (commonly referred to as “benzos”) prescribed to treat anxiety, panic disorder, seizures ...

The agency warned that adults and children who inadvertently took a higher dose of clonazepam than prescribed could ...

A popular prescription anxiety drug is being recalled nationwide for a “possibly life-threatening” mistake on the carton. The ...

Additional packages of clonazepam, a prescription medication used to treat seizures and anxiety, mislabeled with the ...

History of benzodiazepines and z-hypnotic drug use prior to a traumatic injury increases the risk for persistent opioid use after a traumatic injury. The use of benzodiazepines and z-hypnotic drugs ...

Because selective GABA medicines don't work on all the GABA receptors throughout the brain, "they are thought to be relatively safer" than benzodiazepines, the older drugs on which they're based ...

The 63-year-old says the benzodiazepine drug she was prescribed for epilepsy in 1975 led to a decade of adverse effects including attempts to take her own life. This was followed by years of ...

It’s in a class of drugs known as benzodiazepines. These drugs work by boosting the activity of a chemical called gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the brain. GABA helps calm the nerves by ...

Drugs charity Addaction said it was also aware ... recorded all incidents involving the family name of the drug, benzodiazepine - and it said that in 2017 it had attended 240 call-outs for Xanax ...