Valium feared to drive rise of anxiety by 2000
Boston AP survey notes a dramatic drop in Valium prescriptions since its 1975 peak. experts cite media backlash, safe profile of benzodiazepines, underprescription, and varied medical uses from anxiety to surgery prep. Data show 61 million prescriptions in 1975, about 25 million last year, and ongoing concern over overuse fears.
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David J. Greenblatt
New England Medical Center Hospital
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Greenblatt
Barbara Gordon
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
Cape Cod trip includes Nauset Beach and Yale visit
A Boston vacation reader recalls a fall trip along Cape Cod visiting Cohasset Orleans and Provincetown. They describe fishing lobster at Captain Elmer's, Nauset Beach wild surf and dunes, six surfers in wet suits, two swimmers, and a day trip to Yale University with Eli Whitney and Noah Webster graves and the carillon bells in a Gothic campus setting.
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Cohasset
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Cape
Provincetown
Atlantic
Bay
Elmer
Nauset Beach
Plymouth
Nauset
Henry Boston
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Yale University
Eli Whitney
Noah Webster
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University of California
Los Angeles
New England Journal of Medicine
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University of Chicago
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Nature
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Wilton
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