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Concurrent Use of Opioids and Benzodiazepines, 7 Findings
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/19/2017 - 17:18
- 52% of those patients using both drugs, one of the drugs being used was not prescribed.
- 20% of those prescribed to use opioids were also using non-prescribed benzodiazepines.
- Concurrent drug use of opioids and benzodiazepines was found in 11.2% of all test results.
- 9.6% of patients reported being prescribed both drugs.
- 28.3% of women prescribed one of the drugs were found to be using the drug combination compared to 22.2% of men.
- 25% of patients monitored for drug use used both opioids and benzodiazepines at the same time.
- More than 15% of those prescribed to use benzodiazepines were using non-prescribed opioids.
Source: Modern Medicine
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