More than a million patients are taking potentially harmful tranquillisers.
Some patients have been taking them for more than 20 years. Psychiatrists say that some patients are often begging for repeat prescriptions or buying them from illegal websites.
Benzodiazepines, which include temazepam and diazepam have also been found to increase the risk of dementia by 50 per cent even when taken for short periods.
Guidlines say that benzodiazepines should only be used for the maxium of one month many users are becoming dependent.
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