Healio (10/23, Demko) reports researchers “revealed a connection between past-year prescription opioid and benzodiazepine misuse and past-year suicidal ideation in adults aged 50 years and older in the United States” after examining “data from 17,608 adults aged 50 years and older participating in the 2015 to 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health.” Investigators found that “past-year opioid misuse (adjusted OR = 1.84; 95% CI, 1.073.19) and benzodiazepine misuse (aOR = 2; 95% CI, 1.013.94) were significantly linked to past-year suicidal ideation.” The findings were published online Oct. 15 in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
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— “Prescription opioid, benzodiazepine misuse ties to suicidal thoughts in older adults, “Savannah Demko, Healio , October 23, 2018.