Assertion: benzodiazepine | /r/HasProperty | useful
Facets:
value: in treating alcohol withdrawal
type: PURPOSE
value: for treating panic
type: PURPOSE
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: in treating anxiety
type: OTHER
value: in reducing overall illicit drug use
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: for mitigating effects of stimulants
type: PURPOSE
value: in the acute detoxification of alcoholics
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: for treating insomnia
type: PURPOSE
value: for panic attacks
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Benzodiazepines such as clonazepam (Klonopin), lorazepam (Ativan), diazepam (Valium) and alprazolam (Xanax) are useful for panic attacks.
text: Benzodiazepines can be helpful in treating anxiety.
text: Benzodiazepines can be helpful drugs when used intermittently or for a short period of time only (two to four weeks).
text: Benzodiazepines can be useful for short-term treatment of insomnia.
text: They also are useful in treating alcohol withdrawal, calming muscle spasm, and preparing a patient for anesthesia.
text: Benzodiazepines are useful in treating anxiety, insomnia, agitation, seizures, and muscle spasms, as well as alcohol withdrawal.
text: Benzodiazepines can be very useful in the short-term treatment of acute mania, until the effects of lithium or neuroleptics (antipsychotics) take effect.
text: Benzodiazepines can be useful as a short term treatment of insomnia or anxiety, but should be used as part of a broader treatment plan involving lifestyle measures, psychological strategies or other treatments, not as the first-line or only treatment.
text: They are useful in the short-term treatment of anxiety and insomnia, and in managing alcohol withdrawal (Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, 2015).
text: Benzodiazepines are useful for treating insomnia and anxiety, which people with bipolar disorder may experience.
text: However, although benzodiazepines can be very useful in the acute detoxification of alcoholics, benzodiazepines in themselves act as positive reinforcers in alcoholics, by increasing the desire for alcohol.
text: Benzodiazepines are useful for treating panic and anxiety induced by
text: For more information on the dangers of combining other drugs with benzodiazepines, see the following threads:Benzodiazepines are useful for treating panic and anxiety induced by psychedelics .
text: Benzodiazepines are also useful for mitigating effects of stimulants (e.g. cocaine and amphetamines ) and are often used to assist in coming off stimulants.
text: Benzodiazepines are highly effective in the short-term management of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD); they can be useful for short-term treatment of insomnia; prolonged convulsive epileptic seizures can usually be dealt with effectively by administering fast-acting benzodiazepines, which are strong anticonvulsants.
text: Some centres have found benzodiazepines to be helpful in reducing overall illicit drug use and injecting (Greenwood 1996), and, occasionally, benzodiazepine use may be adaptive, allowing the opiate abusers to manage on a smaller dose of methadone (Strang et al. 1993).
text: So are benzodiazepines helpful or dangerous?