Results of a Canadian study about the prescribing of benzodiazepines to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) sufferers were recently published in Drug Safety Monitor. COPD is a disease of the lungs that constricts airways, making it difficult to breath. Patients with COPD usually suffer from emphysema and chronic bronchitis.Benzodiazepines are typically prescribed to help with symptoms of depression, anxiety, insomnia and shortness of breath, and include medications such as Klonopin, Xanax, Valium, Ativan and Serax. But these drugs also have known side effects which can be dangerous …