Novel Measures of Benzodiazepine and Z-Drug Utilisation Trends in a Canadian Provincial Adult Population (2001-2016).

CONCLUSION: 1) Z-Drug usage increased markedly from 2001 to 2016 whereas BZD use only increased in terms of DI. 2) DME-based measurements enable further interpretation of BZD utilization compared to sole reliance on DDD.
PMID: 31002486 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology - April 21, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: J Popul Ther Clin Pharmacol Source Type: research