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01.05.2019 | Concise Research Reports

Benzodiazepine Use in the USA Is Driven by Long-term Users: a Repeated Cross-sectional Study of MEPS 2002–2016

verfasst von: Michael E. Johansen, MD, MS, Joshua D. Niforatos, MTS

Erschienen in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Ausgabe 12/2019

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Benzodiazepines can be an effective short-term adjunct for psychiatric conditions managed in the outpatient setting.¹ Recent studies on benzodiazepine prescribing reveal increases in concurrent opioid prescribing² and prescribing in the ambulatory setting.³ Other reports document increase overdose mortality from benzodiazepines over the past decade secondary to concurrent opioid use.⁴ Despite this, less is known about how individuals use benzodiazepines over time. Without knowing how individuals use this medication, the abovementioned measures may overestimate benzodiazepine use. We thus sought to describe benzodiazepine use among the adult population using longitudinal cohort data. …

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Titel: Benzodiazepine Use in the USA Is Driven by Long-term Users: a Repeated Cross-sectional Study of MEPS 2002–2016
verfasst von: Michael E. Johansen, MD, MS
Joshua D. Niforatos, MTS
Publikationsdatum: 01.05.2019
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Journal of General Internal Medicine / Ausgabe 12/2019
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Elektronische ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-019-05042-2

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