What is Temazepam? What are its effects? What are the risks? and more… Druglink factsheet 3: Temazepam misuse (PDF)
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Druglink article 1992 – Mixing tranx and street drugs by Philip Fleming
Benzodiazepine dependants need help – but should drug agencies be helpers? Mixing tranx and street drugs (PDF)
Druglink article 1988 – A problem with Lorazepam? by Heather Ashton
Last October’s BBC2 Brass tacks programme spotlighted addiction to Lorazepam. Is the drug so bad, or is it just one tranquilliser problem among many? A problem with Lorazepam? (PDF)
Druglink article 1988 – Doctors turn to more addictive short-acting benzodiazepines
Figures recently released by the DHSS show that prescribing of the type of benzodiazepines most likely to cause dependence and lead to withdrawal problems has been increasing. Doctors turn to more addictive short-acting benzodiazepines (PDF)
Druglink article from 1987 – I’ve been there and look at me now by Joan Jerome
At TRANX they’ve found ex-users can help others overcome benzodiazepine dependence where the professionals have failed. Identification and example are the keys, explains Joan Jerome I’ve been there and look at me now (PDF)
Druglink article from 1987 – Temazepam creates new ‘barb-freaks’
Concern is rising over the use of the benzodiazepine sleeping pill Temazepam. Temazepam creates new ‘barb-freaks’ (PDF)
Druglink article 1987 – Benzodiazepine prescribing: the aftermath by John Cooper
The decline of benzodiazepines may just be clearing the way for a new generation of anxiety-beating, dependence producing drugs. John Cooper reminds us of the legacy of the benzodiazepines – hundreds of thousands dependent, with the demand for help far…
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