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• TITLE: Original and Simple Protocol for Withdrawal of Benzodiazepines to Achieve Sustained Remission

  AUTHORS: Granato Philippe, Shreekumar Vinekar, Fontaine Audrey, Paradis Philippe, Danel Thierry, Cottencin Olivier

  KEYWORDS: Benzodiazepine, Withdrawal, Success

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Psychiatry, Vol.6 No.2, April 29, 2016

  ABSTRACT: Benzodiazepines are psychotropic medications for effective management of anxiety. However, after over 50 years of unrestrained prescription use, prescribers realize the severity of side effects in select patients. The most challenging of these side effects is the emergence of a physiological dependence that explains virtual impossibility of successful withdrawal that can ensure sustained abstinence. We propose a method for successful withdrawal using substitution and innovative downward tapering of diazepam oral solution for all benzodiazepines to attain sustained remission. Our protocol reported here allowed not only successful withdrawal for all of 20 patients included in this pilot study but also helped in totally weaning them off of benzodiazepines demonstrating absence of relapse even 2 years after the total discontinuance.