Trends in Concurrent Opioid and Benzodiazepine Prescriptions in the United States, 2016 to 2019

Ann Intern Med. 2022 Jul;175(7):1051-1053. doi: 10.7326/M21-4656. Epub 2022 Jun 7.

Authors

Kun Zhang¹, Andrea E Strahan¹, Gery P Guy¹, Marc R Larochelle²

Affiliations

¹ National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
² Clinical Addiction Research and Education Unit, Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Letter

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid* / therapeutic use
Benzodiazepines / therapeutic use
Drug Overdose* / drug therapy
Drug Prescriptions
Humans
Prescriptions
Retrospective Studies
Vereinigte Staaten

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid
Benzodiazepines

Grants and funding

CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHS/United States