benzodiazepine

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More than 310,000 of the benzodiazepine patients also received muscle relaxants, another type of drug the Beers guidelines say seniors should avoid.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

"When necessary, they can be sedated with something we know more about like a benzodiazepine," Russo said.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2023

Other states replaced sodium thiopental with the benzodiazepine midazolam, which is also used as a sedative before medical procedures.

From Scientific American • Sep. 23, 2022

Following her pharmacologist’s advice, Laura first stopped Ativan, the benzodiazepine.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 1, 2019

And yet, there are some pregnant people who suffer so severely from panic that the regular use of the lowest possible dose of benzodiazepine is vital—perhaps even necessary.

From Slate • Nov. 12, 2018