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Benzodiazepines News Monitoring

  • Published on Aug 12, 2019

    'No-one's talking about it': Australia's hidden benzodiazepines drug problem

    Updated August 12, 2019 18:34:17 Benzodiazepines were involved in more drug-induced deaths in 2016 than heroin and methadone combined, but you would be hard-pressed to find any stories warning of their dangers on the front pages. Key points: …

    Source: ABC.net.au
  • Published on Jul 16, 2019

    Benzodiazepine usage: cause for concern

    Sir, – Your editorial (“Irish Times view on Benzodiazepine use: a cause for concern”, July 15th) on the high rates of benzodiazepine and Z-drug (a group of non-benzodiazepine drugs with effects similar to benzodiazepines) usage in Ireland is timely and all …

    Source: Irish Times
  • Published on Jul 12, 2019

    Benzodiazepine Awareness Day Educates Public

    The grassroots organization w-bad.org has chosen July 11 annually as the day to warn about the potential dangers of prescribed benzodiazepine physical dependence, withdrawal, and protracted injury. Here is a media clip from their worldwide campaign for …

    Source: KSFR
  • Published on Jul 12, 2019

    Benzodiazepine Awareness Day Warns of Dangerous Effects

    The non-profit organization w-bad.org has chosen today as the day to warn about the potential dangers of benzodiazepine addiction. Here is a media clip from their worldwide campaign for Benzodiazepine Awareness Day.

    Source: KSFR
  • Published on Jul 15, 2019

    Irish Times view on Benzodiazepine use: a cause for concern

    Strategic foresight is an essential requirement of prudent action in a rapidly changing world, yet is all the more difficult due to the very pace of change. This paradox is at the heart of warnings about how foolish is a short-sighted approach to the …

    Source: The Irish Times
  • Published on Jul 11, 2019

    Powell River latest community to see illicit drugs contaminated by benzodiazepine

    Just days after Powell River got an overdose prevention site set up, a warning went out to drug users in the small, coastal community that a bad batch of drugs was contaminating supply, causing troubling overdose symptoms. The warning, sent Monday through …

    Source: CBC
  • Published on Jul 8, 2019

    Benzodiazepines in Ireland: Are they over-prescribed?

    What are Benzodiazepines and what are they used for? Benzodiazepines are a family of drugs used to induce sleep and to treat anxiety. They are also used as anticonvulsants and for intravenous sedation. Short-acting ones are used as hypnotics, while longer …

    Source: The Irish Times
  • Published on Jul 8, 2019

    Irish over 65s highest consumers of benzodiazepine in OECD

    People over 65 in Ireland are the highest consumers of benzodiazepine medicine in the OECD, according to a new report published on Monday. Benzodiazepine are prescribed to reduce anxiety and help with sleep. According to the fifth annual report of the …

    Source: Irish Times
  • Published on Jul 1, 2019

    Concurrent use of benzodiazepine and opioids complicates neonatal abstinence syndrome

    Babies born after being exposed to both opioids and benzodiazepines before birth are more likely to have severe drug withdrawal, requiring medications like morphine for treatment, compared to infants exposed to opioids alone, according to a Vanderbilt …

    Source: News-Medical.net
  • Published on Jun 28, 2019

    Are Benzodiazepines Safe To Take During Pregnancy?

    Self-reported anxiety is prevalent among 24.6 percent of women in the third trimester, according to an extensive review of 783 articles from 34 countries. In the European Union (EU), if approximately 5 million births are due every year, researchers from …

    Source: Medical Daily
  • Published on May 30, 2019

    What Is the Best Way to Discontinue Benzodiazepines?

    Editor's Note: The use of benzodiazepines is very common among patients with a variety of conditions, but clinician guidance on their use is lacking. What do you prescribe these medications for, and what is your approach to deprescribing them? Let us …

    Source: Medscape
  • Published on May 24, 2019

    Benzodiazepine Use During Pregnancy Increases Risk Of Spontaneous Abortion: Study

    New research suggests that use of Xanax, Valium or other benzodiazepines early in a pregnancy may lead to a spontaneous abortion or miscarriage. In a study published this month in the medical journal JAMA Psychiatry, Canadian researchers warn that …

    Source: AboutLawsuits.com
  • Published on May 16, 2019

    Risk for Miscarriage Up With Benzodiazepine Use in Early Pregnancy

    WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2019 -- The risk for spontaneous abortion (SA) is increased among early pregnancies with incident exposure to benzodiazepines, according to a study published online May 15 in JAMA Psychiatry. Odile Sheehy, from the Centre Hospitalier …

    Source: Pharmaceutical News
  • Published on May 15, 2019

    Benzodiazepines in early pregnancy tied to heightened risk of miscarriage

    Pregnant women who take a class of drugs that's often prescribed for anxiety or insomnia may run a higher risk of miscarriage, a new study suggests. Canadian researchers looked at the outcomes from more than 160,000 early pregnancies and found that …

    Source: Channel News Asia
  • Published on Feb 7, 2019

    Benzodiazepine Abuse Rising and Causing Concerns

    Feb. 6, 2019 -- A powerful drug is improperly prescribed for chronic use, despite its high risk of addiction. Statistics show a dangerous trend of abuse and overdose. Opioids? Nope. More Americans are taking sedatives known as benzodiazepines -- and more …

    Source: WebMD
  • Published on Jan 29, 2019

    'Involuntary drug addict' calls for more restrictions on long-term use of benzodiazepines

    After 10 years of using benzodiazepines on a daily basis, Evie Aitcheson wants to stop others going through what she calls "hell on earth". Aitcheson has launched a petition calling on the Government to ban long-term use of the class of drugs, …

    Source: Stuff
  • Published on Jan 26, 2019

    Canadian study finds benzodiazepine use in patients drops 45 percent after medical cannabis treatment

    Four in 10 patients who regularly consumed benzodiazepines stopped taking the medication within about six months of initiating and being monitored on medical cannabis, Aleafia Health Inc. reports in what it believes is the first study of its kind published …

    Source: 420 Intel - Medical Cannabis News
  • Published on Jan 25, 2019

    Steep Climb In Benzodiazepine Prescribing By Primary Care Doctors

    The drugs clonazepam and diazepam are both benzodiazepines — and better known by the brand names Klonopin and Valium. The drug class also includes Ativan, Librium and Halcion. Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bloomberg/Getty …

    Source: NPR
  • Published on Jan 25, 2019

    Study shows 45% of patients end benzodiazepine use with cannabis

    On Thursday, Canadian cannabis company, Aleafia Health Inc. released what it believes is the first study reporting reduced benzodiazepine use among patients initiated and monitored on medical cannabis. Concord, Ontario -based Aleafia Health is a medicinal …

    Source: Digital Journal
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2nd Annual Hemophilia Drug Development Summit

Date: 20-Aug-19 to 22-Aug-19
Location: Boston / United States
Given the excitement and anticipation of increasingly more promising prophylactic treatments and gene therapies, the 2nd Annual Hemophilia Drug Development Summit, once again unites leading pharma, biotech and academic KOLs working to translate and clinically develop longer acting and more efficacious therapies to overcome significant unmet medical need and hemophilia and other bleeding disorders. Fuelled by current investment in the space and novel therapeutic strategies to improve current standard of care, the development of hemophilia therapeutics has been reinvigorated. Touted as an area of large unmet medical need but a well understood and defined disease profile, investment in this space is set to grow. Join speakers from key companies such as Spark Therapeutics, BioMarin, Bayer, ...

The 19th World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP)

Date: 21-Aug-19 to 24-Aug-19
Location: Lisbon / Portugal
Psychiatry and mental health narratives have changed extensively over the last centuries. Today, treatment and recovery of mental disorders go hand-in-hand with promotion and prevention and there is an increased interest in rehabilitation and psycho-social interventions. Yet this has not always been the case – these fields of research and intervention have had intricate connections, running in parallel or in confluence, and also sometimes in conflict. Join us in Lisbon, Portugal 21-24 August 2019 to examine crucial issues in psychiatry and mental health, and to hear from leaders on the current scientific and technological revolution in psychiatry. The congress overall theme is: Psychiatry and Mental Health: Global Inspirations, Locally Relevant Action. See you in Lisbon, 21-24 August, ...

Oncology Update 2019 CME Conference - Orange County

Date: 24-Aug-19 to 24-Aug-19
Scripps MD Anderson’s Cancer Center's 2019 Oncology Update is a one-day conference designed to offer clinicians and advanced practice providers a comprehensive overview of the most recent advances in the treatment of various oncologic malignancies. During this comprehensive educational course, clinical experts in the fields of hematology and oncology will provide an overview of key findings from practice changing studies and the latest clinical data as presented at the 2019 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Esteemed faculty will review exciting and important abstracts presented at the ASCO meeting and discuss their relevance to the clinical oncology practice.

Hepatitis B&C CME Training Program and Treatment Update -Newport Beach

Date: 24-Aug-19 to 24-Aug-19
The Scripps National Hepatitis B & C Training Program and Treatment Update will contribute towards increasing the number of health care practitioners educated on the prevalence of chronic viral hepatitis, as well as those properly preventing, diagnosing, treating, and/or referring patients with chronic illness; therefore contributing towards prevention of new cases and improved management of already infected patients.

Hepatitis B&C CME Training Program and Treatment Update -New Orleans

Date: 24-Aug-19 to 24-Aug-19
The Scripps National Hepatitis B & C Training Program and Treatment Update will contribute towards increasing the number of health care practitioners educated on the prevalence of chronic viral hepatitis, as well as those properly preventing, diagnosing, treating, and/or referring patients with chronic illness; therefore contributing towards prevention of new cases and improved management of already infected patients.

3rd Annual IPF Summit

Date: 27-Aug-19 to 29-Aug-19
Location: San Diego / United States
The World’s Largest Gathering of IPF Drug The IPF Summit focuses exclusively on closing the translational gap between preclinical predictability and clinical attrition to accelerate the development of truly curative idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) therapeutics. Download the full event guide - https://ter.li/talfx6 With the 2019 conference expanding upon an even greater breadth and depth of content, you’ll hear three days of unrivalled scientifically driven and case-study based analysis and discussion, as together leading academia and biopharma advance the IPF drug development frontier. Last year, over 90 of IPF’s expert drug developers came together to advance the standardisation of imaging, share clinical insights, and evaluate better recapitulating disease physiology ...

New Data from IAS* 2019 - Free CME/CE/CPE Workshop, August 27

Date: 27-Aug-19 to 27-Aug-19
Location: Chicago / United States
Complimentary CME/CE/CPE-Certified Workshop - Join Roger Bedimo, MD, and Joseph Eron Jr., MD, for a conference review workshop to discuss and debate the implications of new HIV studies presented at IASI 2019 for your patient care strategies, through data presentations and case studies. Capacity is limited for this event—secure your seat by registering now!

New Data from IAS 2019 - Free CME/CE/CPE Workshop, August 27

Date: 27-Aug-19 to 27-Aug-19
Location: New York / United States
Complimentary CME/CE/CPE-Certified Workshop - Join Eric S. Daar, MD, and David Hardy, MD, for a conference review workshop to discuss and debate the implications of new HIV studies presented at IASI 2019 for your patient care strategies, through data presentations and case studies. Capacity is limited for this event—secure your seat by registering now!

New Data from IAS 2019 - Free CME/CE/CPE Workshop, August 28

Date: 28-Aug-19 to 29-Aug-19
Complimentary CME/CE/CPE-Certified Workshop - Join Lisa Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH, and Daniel Kuritzkes, MD, for a conference review workshop to discuss and debate the implications of new HIV studies presented at IASI 2019 for your patient care strategies, through data presentations and case studies. Capacity is limited for this event—secure your seat by registering now!
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