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Prescription of benzodiazepines, z-drugs, and gabapentinoids and mortality risk in people receiving opioid agonist treatment: Observational study based on the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink and Office for National Statistics death records

BACKGROUND: Patients with opioid dependency prescribed opioid agonist treatment (OAT) may also be prescribed sedative drugs. This may increase mortality risk but may also increase treatment duration, with overall benefit. We hypothesised that prescription of benzodiazepines in patients receiving OAT...

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Autores principales: Macleod, John, Steer, Colin, Tilling, Kate, Cornish, Rosie, Marsden, John, Millar, Tim, Strang, John, Hickman, Matthew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6879111/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31770388
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002965