Erschienen in:
22.04.2019 | Concise Research Reports
The Association of EHR Drug Safety Alerts and Co-prescribing of Opioids and Benzodiazepines
verfasst von:
Laura Barrie Smith, BA, Ezra Golberstein, PhD, Kelly Anderson, RN, BSN, Tori Christiaansen, MD, Nicole Paterson, PharmD BCPS, Sonja Short, MD, Hannah T. Neprash, PhD
Erschienen in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Ausgabe 8/2019
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Excerpt
Concurrent opioid and benzodiazepine use is associated with an increased risk of overdose, compared with opioid users who do not use benzodiazepines.
1,2 Reflecting this safety concern, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2016 chronic pain guideline recommended against co-prescribing opioids and benzodiazepines.
3 Nevertheless, clinicians frequently co-prescribe these medications. A recent estimate finds that 17% of opioid users concurrently use a benzodiazepine.
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