Editorial Policy
How the content and calculators on this site are researched, sourced, and kept accurate.
Our sources
Every tapering-related number on this site — reduction percentages, equivalence values, half-lives, withdrawal timelines — is grounded in published references, primarily:
- Benzodiazepines: How They Work and How to Withdraw (Prof. C. Heather Ashton, DM, FRCP; Newcastle University, 2002) — the most widely referenced benzodiazepine withdrawal protocol.
- The U.S. FDA's 2020 class-wide boxed warning update on benzodiazepine dependence and the risks of rapid discontinuation.
- Peer-reviewed literature and modern deprescribing guidance, cited inline where used.
How our calculators work
Our tools perform arithmetic on published values — they do not generate medical advice, and every schedule they produce is explicitly framed as a proposal to discuss with a prescriber. The methodology of each tool is described in plain language on its page, and the underlying equivalence data follows the Ashton Manual's equivalency table.
What we are not
This site is run by an independent editorial team, not by clinicians, and nothing here is medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. We do not accept payment from detox facilities, rehab centers, or pharmaceutical companies, and we do not run lead-generation for treatment providers. Benzodiazepines should never be stopped abruptly, and no schedule on this site should be started without prescriber supervision.
Corrections & updates
If you find an error — factual, numerical, or a broken reference — email support@taperoffbenzos.com and we will review and correct it. Content is reviewed against its sources when guidance changes, and our low-value or outdated pages are removed rather than left to mislead.
Clinical review
We are actively seeking licensed clinicians experienced in benzodiazepine deprescribing to review our highest-traffic pages. If you are a prescriber, pharmacist, or nurse with deprescribing experience and would like to contribute review, we'd welcome hearing from you at the address above. Pages that receive clinical review will say so explicitly.