JAMA Psychiatry Magazine in October 2025 has an article about how taking benzos like Xanax and Klonopin for over 90 days raises dementia risk by 84%. Overdose deaths hit 14,100 in 2024—more than heroin. A July 2024 BMC Medicine population study of 5,443 healthy adults found neurodegeneration (breakdown of brain cells) risks like hippocampal shrinkage, which leads to memory loss. The CDC’s September 2025 report highlighted a fourfold overdose surge when mixed with other drugs, leading to emergency FDA guidelines and a Medical News Today alert on 2025 suicides tied to overprescribing—up 25% since 2022.
“Benzo Meds Causing Dementia Epidemic”
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