![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
You are in: Programmes: Panorama: Tranquillisers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() |
|
![]() |
![]() Timeline: 1990's
TIMELINE: 1990s
![]() ![]() 1994 The legal case against the drug companies collapses after the Legal Aid Board withdraw funding from thousands of long-term users. The Department of Health issue guidelines on prevention of benzodiazepine dependence.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists report is issued on the dangers of these drugs. The report recommends that benzodiazepines may be prescribed safely in the short-term. It notes that they are highly effective treatments for insomnia, anxiety and some forms of epilepsy. But it states that dependence is now recognised as a significant risk in patients receiving treatment for longer than one month.
1999
|
![]() |
Top Tranquillisers stories now:
![]() ![]() Links to more Tranquillisers stories are at the foot of the page.
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Links to more Tranquillisers stories |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
To BBC Sport>> | To BBC Weather>> | To BBC World Service>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © MMIII | News Sources | Privacy |