Millions of people are addicted to tranquilizers

Millions of Britons firmly hooked on tranquilizers, and some people take them for 20 consecutive years. To such a disappointing conclusion drawn by researchers from the Royal College of Psychiatry in London.

More than a million patients in the UK are taking potentially hazardous drugs from the group tranquilizers . Someone drinks and pills to 10 and 20 years, the experts found. This is despite the fact that the instructions for receiving a benzodiazepine class of drugs prevents their use for longer than one month.

Psychiatrists say that many patients produced a strong dependence   tranquilizers And they beg the doctors to prescribe them all the new recipes. And others simply buy drugs illegally through the Internet, because they are sold on foreign websites. It is estimated that today 1, 5 million Britons are taking any form of benzodiazepines, including temazepam and diazepam.

According to a study published in the journal British Medical Journal, even a short time-tranquilizers intake increases the risk of dementia by 50%. Other studies have linked these drugs with the danger of premature death. Experts agree that benzodiazepine tranquilizers can cause the formation of some form of addiction. However, when the right and short-term use of these drugs are very effective in the treatment of anxiety and anxiety disorders.

Experts believe that at certain periods of time are turning to tranquilizers to 8% of all people over the age of 65.

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