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Benzodiazepines
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▼ Broad caution
2 recommendations across 2 experts · 2 episodes
0 endorse
0 nuanced
2 avoid
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Avoid benzodiazepines for anxiety because they are addictive; if tapering, do so slowly (e.g., 10% per week) with a doctor.
“Not a big fan of anti-anxiety drugs
CY▶ 22:00DosageTaper ~10% per week, work with doctorCaveatsDo not stop cold turkeyCertaintyexplicitstrong warning -
Attia avoids prescribing benzodiazepines for sleep due to dependency issues.
“we would never prescribe them to anybody because of the dependency issues
TP▶ 1:18:00Certaintyexplicitstrong warning