2002年には、ヘザー・アシュトンによる『ベンゾジアゼピン-それはどのように作用し、離脱するにはどうすればよいか』(Benzodiazepines: How They Work and How to Withdraw)[6]がオンラインで入手可能となる。邦訳は2012年8月に公開され、これは出典論文が省略され、新たな付記も存在する。内容としては、離脱を管理するために長時間型のジアゼパムに置換し、ジアゼパムが10mgになるまで週あたり残りの10%を減量するといった、1996年の世界保健機関によるものよりさらにペースを落とした方法が紹介されている。
2012年のコロンビア大学嗜癖物質乱用国立センター(The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University)によるさまざまな薬物の嗜癖についての科学的根拠の精査は[40]、ベンゾジアゼピンのような中枢神経抑制剤からの離脱は、アルコールにおける発作やせん妄に似た症状により一部では致死的となる場合があり、離脱症状は一般的には10 - 14日だが半年程度持続することもあるため、数週間から数か月にわたって漸減すべきであり、選択肢としてクロルジアゼポキシドやクロナゼパムのような長時間型の薬剤を処方することもあるとしている。
イギリスでは『英国国民医薬品集』(British National Formulary)にて漸減を推奨している[42]。英国国立医療技術評価機構(NICE)の2004年不眠症診療ガイドラインでは、処方は4週間を限度とし、かつベンゾジアゼピンの慢性的使用者の10〜30%が身体的依存を生じ、半数が離脱症状を経験すると記されている[43]。
『精神科救急のすべて』(Handbook of Emergency Psychiatry)は、救急医療におけるものだが、ベンゾジアゼピンを含む鎮静催眠剤の離脱はアルコールと同様の処置が必要であるとし、バルビツール酸系のフェノバルビタールの置換や、ベンゾジアゼピン系のクロルジアゼポキシドやクロナゼパムへの置換を候補として挙げ、1日の服用量をフェノバルビタールに等価換算し1日に3分割して投与する方法を紹介している[55]。しかし、すでに見てきたように通常ベンゾジアゼピン系において用いられるのはバルビツール酸系ではなく、ベンゾジアゼピン系である。
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