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As prescribed / a Gobbo Films production ; in association with Big Eye Studios ; directed & produced by Holly Hardman.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 037 210
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Benzodiazepines.
- Benzodiazepine abuse.
- Medical Subjects:
- Benzodiazepines.
- Genre:
- documentary film.
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : Video Project, [2023]
- Language Note:
- English dialogue.
- System Details:
- DVD-R, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Xanax, Klonopin, Valium, Ativan all belong to a class of drugs known as benzodiazepines aka benzos. Commonly prescribed as treatments beyond their approved uses, news and entertainment media portray them in terms of either addiction and abuse or as innocuous medications that help relax nerves. As Prescribed documents a strikingly different narrative, following eye-opening stories amidst a mis-prescription epidemic resulting in illness and injury for countless patients. After enduring her own personal struggle with overwhelming side-effects, dismissive medical professionals, and tapering off Klonopin, Filmmaker and Massachusetts resident Holly Hardman was compelled to join and document the community working to raise awareness of benzodiazepine injury. She soon came across Boston-based survivor Geraldine Burns, who leads a grassroots army of "good patients" that helps other victims and is advocating for state-wide informed-consent legislation to address the over-prescription of these drugs. But Geraldine and her allies meet strong resistance from powerful forces, including pharmaceutical giants as well as a medical culture that has denied the problem for decades.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Scott Shelley; editor, Cameron Clendaniel; music, Alison Plante.
- Notes:
- Title from web page.
- Originally released as a documentary film in 2022.
- Wide screen.
- OCLC:
- 1411762519
- Publisher Number:
- ASP-2043 Video Project
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