Evidence-Based Benzodiazepine Practice Guidelines Are Needed

Breanna Sigler¹, Bernard Silvernail², Alexis D Ritvo^{3

4}, Christy Huff⁵, D E Foster⁶, Reid Finlayson⁷, Jolene Bressi^{1

2}, Peter R Martin⁷

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¹ Wegmans School of Pharmacy, St. John Fisher University, Rochester, New York.
² Alliance for Benzodiazepine Best Practices, Portland, Oregon.
³ Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
⁴ Corresponding Author: Alexis D. Ritvo, MD, MPH, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 1890 N Revere Ct, Ste 4020, Aurora, CO 80045 (alexis.ritvo@cuanschutz.edu).
⁵ Benzodiazepine Information Coalition, Midvale, Utah.
⁶ Benzodiazepine Action Work Group, Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention, Aurora, Colorado.
⁷ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.

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Breanna Sigler et al. J Clin Psychiatry. 2024.

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. 2024 May 27;85(2):24lr15306.

doi: 10.4088/JCP.24lr15306.

Breanna Sigler¹, Bernard Silvernail², Alexis D Ritvo^{3

4}, Christy Huff⁵, D E Foster⁶, Reid Finlayson⁷, Jolene Bressi^{1

2}, Peter R Martin⁷

¹ Wegmans School of Pharmacy, St. John Fisher University, Rochester, New York.
² Alliance for Benzodiazepine Best Practices, Portland, Oregon.
³ Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
⁴ Corresponding Author: Alexis D. Ritvo, MD, MPH, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 1890 N Revere Ct, Ste 4020, Aurora, CO 80045 (alexis.ritvo@cuanschutz.edu).
⁵ Benzodiazepine Information Coalition, Midvale, Utah.
⁶ Benzodiazepine Action Work Group, Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention, Aurora, Colorado.
⁷ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.

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