Medscape Medical News > Psychiatry Benzodiazepine Use Highest in Older Americans

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Legal Liability

Defining long-term use as filling at least 120 days of supply during the study year, investigators found that 14.7% of young adults used benzodiazepines long-term compared with 31.4% of older adults.

"Most individuals with long-term benzodiazepine use received all of their benzodiazepine prescription from nonpsychiatrist prescribers," the authors write.

The majority of patients filling benzodiazepine prescriptions received short-acting benzodiazepines.

"Physicians should...be cognizant of the legal liability risk associated with inappropriate benzodiazepine prescription," the authors caution.

Jinn, so much info all over the place and still nothing done

about it, shocking ! thanks for posting.