Setting the Record Straight on Long-Term Use, Dose Escalation, and Potential Misuse of Prescription Benzodiazepines

Am J Psychiatry. 2024 Mar 1;181(3):186-188. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20240030.

Authors

Stephen B Soumerai¹, Mahnum Shahzad¹, Carl Salzman¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston (Soumerai, Shahzad); Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston (Salzman).

PMID: 38425258
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20240030

No abstract available

Keywords: Benzodiazepine Receptor Agonists; Benzodiazepines; Epidemiology; Psychopharmacology; Z-Drugs.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use
Benzodiazepines* / adverse effects
Humans
Prescription Drug Misuse*
Prescriptions

Substances

Benzodiazepines
Analgesics, Opioid