Christy Huff, Medical Director of Benzodiazepine Information Coalition, Dies

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Dr. Christy Huff was a cardiologist who experienced a benzodiazepine injury first-hand after taking prescribed Xanax for just three weeks in 2015. She had to slowly taper using Valium and experienced a disabling withdrawal over three years, leading her to realize the serious risks and harms of these drugs and the danger of the benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome. Dr. Huff became a fierce advocate for better education of doctors regarding benzodiazepines and how to safely taper patients off of them. Dr. Huff passed away in 2024. Her loss to the benzodiazepine community will be huge.

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  1. Christy Huff was a brilliant, compassionate, courageous women who worked very hard to expose the dangers benzos posed to patients
    and to educate doctors and other health professionals about withdrawal and tapering these neurotoxins. She was beautiful and kind and fought so hard to recover from her own injuries. Condolences to her family and friends. The pain of this loss is unimaginable.

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