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Guest Bio:
Christy Huff, M.D. is a cardiologist and medical director of Benzodiazepine Information Coalition (aka BIC), a nonprofit that educates about the adverse effects of prescribed benzodiazepines.

In addition to her work at BIC, Dr. Huff is a member of the Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention’s Benzodiazepine Action Work Group.

Dr. Huff speaks and writes frequently about her lived experience with benzodiazepines. Her personal experience with protracted benzodiazepine withdrawal led her to realize the serious risks of these medications and the knowledge gaps in the medical community surrounding benzodiazepines. Dr. Huff specifically advocates for better education of physicians regarding the adverse effects of benzodiazepines and how to safely taper patients off these medications. Her research interests include patient-centered benzodiazepine deprescribing and benzodiazepine-induced neurological dysfunction (BIND).


Paper #1 Experiences with benzodiazepine use, tapering, and discontinuation: an Internet survey
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Paper #2 Enduring neurological sequelae of benzodiazepine use: an Internet survey
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Paper #3 Long-term consequences of benzodiazepine-induced neurological dysfunction (BIND): A survey
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/art...

Some media coverage of Paper #3
(1) https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-0...
(2) https://www.miragenews.com/benzodiaze...
(3) https://www.eurekalert.org/news-relea...
(4)    • Benzodiazepine-Induced Neurological D...  
(5) www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/news/20230630/anxiety-medicines-may-cause-neurological-problems
(6) https://nypost.com/2023/06/30/popular...

Follow Dr. Huff on Social Media
Twitter:   / christyhuffmd  

Follow Benzodiazepine Information Coalition (BIC):
Website: https://benzoinfo.com
Twitter:   / bzinfocoalition  
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/
Instagram:   / bzinfocoalition  
YouTube:    / @bzinfocoalition  


Other Links:
Colorado Consortium’s Benzodiazepine Action Work Group: https://corxconsortium.org/work-group....

Dr. Huff's story: https://www.benzoinfo.com/2020/04/20/...

Benzodiazepine CME:
Under "CME/Education": https://www.benzoinfo.com/resources/#...
Under "Project" Column: https://corxconsortium.org/work-group...