Benzodiazepine prescribing patterns and deaths from drug overdose among US veterans receiving opioid analgesics: Case-cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Park, Tae Woo ^a   Saitz, Richard ^b   Ganoczy, Dara ^c   Ilgen, Mark A ^c,d   Bohnert, Amy S B ^c,d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; TEMAZEPAM; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VETERAN; VETERANS HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; OPIATE ADDICTION; PAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BENZODIAZEPINES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HUMANS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84936797899     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h2698     Document Type: Article

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