Healio (12/16, Gramigna) reports, “Cotreatment with benzodiazepine and opioids was linked to increased long-term mortality risk,” researchers concluded after analyzing “data of 5,212 individuals aged 20 years or older who were included in the large, nationally representative National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys…which were conducted between 1999 and 2015.” The findings were published online Dec. 9 in JAMA Network Open.
Related Links:
— “Benzodiazepine-opioid cotreatment linked to increased long-term mortality risk “Joe Gramigna, Healio , December 16, 2020