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From "LexisNexis Legal Newsroom Workers Compensation Law", this article provides some shocking statistics on the topic of "The One-Two Punch of Benzodiazepines and Opioids on Workers’ Compensation Claim Costs".

 

This is from the "Commentary" section of the article:

 

“But many stakeholders agree the combination of benzodiazepines and opioids has no place in workers’ compensation, regardless if these prescribing patterns are statistically correlated with or the cause of the poor outcomes,” says Colburn. “If we truly care about these injured workers, regulators should work with providers and payors to eradicate the practice of chronically providing both drugs simultaneously in the workers’ compensation context.”

 

Colburn believes that “doctors practicing such medicine should be identified and educated about the most recent evidence” and that “if no medical efficacy can be demonstrated, chronic benzodiazepine prescribing practices should be addressed by all means necessary.”

 

While higher claim costs are a negative outcome for employers and payors, Colburn warns that “the effect on injured workers and their families (and the public at large) is potentially catastrophic and in fact can be deadly.”

 

The full article is here:

 

http://www.lexisnexis.com/legalnewsroom/workers-compensation/b/recent-cases-news-trends-developments/archive/2014/08/07/the-one-two-punch-of-benzodiazepines-and-opioids-on-workers-compensation-claim-costs.aspx

 

 

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