Benzodiazepine

Use of benzodiazepines and nonbenzodiazepines, or Z-drugs, did not appear associated with subsequent dementia, according to results of a nationwide cohort and nested case-control study published in American Journal of Psychiatry.

ORLANDO — Individuals aged 65 years or older received potentially inappropriate medications after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation as frequently as their younger counterparts aged 40 to 64 years, according to results of a study presented at TCT | Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings.

The CDC’s Multiple Cause of Death database underestimated the number of drug overdose deaths that occurred in the state of Florida over a recent 14-year period, according to recent study data.

The FDA boxed warning issued in 2016 highlighting the risks of coprescribing opioids and benzodiazepines was linked to a decrease in the number of patients with coprescriptions in the U.S., according to a research letter published in JAMA Psychiatry.