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- Title
Discontinuation of benzodiazepines after long‐term use increases mortality risk.
- Abstract
A comparative effectiveness study using a U.S. commercial insurance database has found small increases in risk of mortality and other adverse outcomes when benzodiazepine treatment is discontinued in long‐term users. Mortality risk was higher in subgroups of discontinuers both with and without exposure to opioids.
- Subjects
MORTALITY risk factors; NARCOTICS; SUBSTANCE abuse; COMBINATION drug therapy; TREATMENT duration; BENZODIAZEPINES; RISK assessment; UNITED States. Food &; Drug Administration; TERMINATION of treatment; PHARMACY information services; TRANQUILIZING drugs
- Publication
Brown University Psychopharmacology Update, 2024, Vol 35, Issue 4, p3
- ISSN
1068-5308
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/pu.31142