As a freshly minted physician’s assistant, Nicole Lamberson was nervous to start seeing patients, struggling with residual stress from her studies, anxiety, and a lack of confidence. A colleague prescribed her Xanax (alprazolam).
The pills worked like a charm for the first couple of weeks, but then they lost their power.
What started as a simple prescription spiraled into a medical nightmare that nearly claimed her life–and revealed a little-known truth about one of America’s most commonly prescribed classes of drugs.
Across the United States, over 30 million adults take benzodiazepines, medications like Xanax, Klonopin (clonazepam), and Ativan (lorazepam). Most believe, as Lamberson did, that following their doctor’s orders keeps them safe. ...
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