Anti-Anxiety Pill Overdoses Skyrocket
While opioids like OxyContin remain the biggest threat to public health in the realm of prescription drugs, anti-anxiety medications — or benzodiazapines, also known as “benzos” — are a close second.
While opioids like OxyContin remain the biggest threat to public health in the realm of prescription drugs, anti-anxiety medications — or benzodiazapines, also known as “benzos” — are a close second.
It’s happened to all of us. You open your medicine cabinet right before bed and there’s a gaping hole. One of your pill bottles isn’t there — because it was empty this morning so you threw it out. You didn’t get around to refilling the ‘script in the daytime. Now the pharmacy is closed and you’re trapped.