A descriptive analysis of concomitant opioid and benzodiazepine medication use and associated adverse drug events in United States adults between 2009 and 2018

Background: In 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published guidelines for prescribing opioids for chronic pain in response to the opioid epidemic and recommended avoiding concomitant use of opioid and benzodiazepine medications whenever possible. However, based on a recent r...

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Main Authors: Kathryn K. Marwitz, Marwa Noureldin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-03-01
Series:Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667276622000294