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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Lightheadedness. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, if a person takes benzodiazepines for too long, they will require larger and larger doses of the drug to experience the same effects from it. Continued use can lead to dependence on the medications and withdrawal symptoms if one stops taking it. And not only are benzodiazepines addictive, mind-altering, and habit-forming, but they can cause overdoses as well. The initial reasons why the person began taking benzodiazepines may have been legitimate, but a medically-authorized prescription for benzodiazepine drugs can turn into a harsh addiction battle within a matter of months or even just weeks. And what’s perhaps worst of all, that which began as an innocent search for a solution to one’s anxiety can end up in an overdose on benzo drugs, potentially even a fatal overdose.When it comes to addiction, benzodiazepines do not often make headline news. That changed recently. In fact, an increase in the misuse of common benzo drugs like Xanax, Ativan, and Valium caused the Food and Drug Administration to add misuse/abuse warning labels to all newly-produced prescription bottles for the three drugs mentioned above.According to health experts cited in U.S. News, benzodiazepine misuse is a growing problem in America and other countries, exacerbated by the fact that benzo addicts often misuse such drugs in tandem with opioids, increasing the risk of accidents, overdose, and even death. In fact, in 2017 and 2018, benzo drugs were found in one-third of all opioid-related overdoses. That information is cause
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