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Additional Resources
• EMPOWER Brochures
• https://www.deprescribingnetwork.ca/patient-handouts
• Maudsley Deprescribing Guideline: Antidepressants,
Benzodiazepines, Gabapentinoids and Z-drugs
• https://www.benzoinfo.com/2024/02/05/the-maudsley-
deprescribing-guidelines/
• Benzodiazepines: How They Work and How to Withdraw
(The Ashton Manual).
• https://www.benzoinfo.com/ashtonmanual/
• Patient Handouts
• https://downloads.asam.org/sitefinity-production-
blobs/docs/default-source/guidelines/benzodiazepine-
tapering-2025/how-to-help-your-patients-taper-from-
benzodiazepines_021125-accessible.pdf?sfvrsn=76054a1c_4
• Benzodiazepine Cooperative Providers
• https://www.benzoinfo.com/doctors/
• Veterans Administration
• https://www.pbm.va.gov/PBM/AcademicDetailingService/
Documents/Academic_Detailing_Educational_Material_
Catalog/59_PTSD_NCPTSD_Provider_Helping_Patients_
Taper_BZD.pdf
• National Institutes of Health
• https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9047812/
Patient Advocacy Organizations
• Benzodiazepine Information Coalition (BIC)
» https://benzoinfo.com
• The Alliance for Benzodiazepine Best Practices
» https://benzoreform.org
• Uneven
» https://theunevenlife.com
