TY - JOUR PY - 2020// TI - Risk of overdose with exposure to prescription opioids, benzodiazepines, and non-benzodiazepine sedative-hypnotics in adults: a retrospective cohort study JO - Journal of general internal medicine A1 - Cho, Joanne A1 - Spence, Michele M. A1 - Niu, Fang A1 - Hui, Rita L. A1 - Gray, Patricia A1 - Steinberg, Steven SP - 696 EP - 703 VL - 35 IS - 3 N2 - Concurrent use of benzodiazepines in opioid users has been linked to a higher risk of an emergency room visit or inpatient admission for opioid overdose and death from drug overdose. Further research is needed to confirm the findings and analyze contributing risk factors for opioid overdoses in a large commercially insured population.
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LA - en SN - 0884-8734 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-019-05545-y ID - ref1 ER -