National Pain Report

Posts Tagged ‘benzodiazepines’

• A Deadly Mix: Opioids and ‘Benzos’

  March 7th, 2014 by Pat Anson, Editor

  Prescriptions for benzodiazepines have soared in the past decade, causing an alarming rise in overdose deaths when the tranquilizers are taken with opioid painkillers, according to a new study by Stanford researchers. Benzodiazepine medication such as Xanax, Klonopin and Ativan …

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• Drug Monitoring Database Significantly Reduced Inappropriate Prescriptions

  September 4th, 2012 by Pat Anson, Editor

  A prescription drug monitoring program in Canada dramatically reduced the number of inappropriate prescriptions for opioid painkillers and anti-anxiety drugs, according to a new study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The study found that PharmaNet, a prescription monitoring system…

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