Referat Dr. med. C. Caflisch
Referat Dr. med. C. Caflisch Referat Dr. med. C. Caflisch
AbstractBackground: Opioid maintained patients report high levels of anxiety, but the use ofbenzodiazepines among these patients has been associated with negative outcomessuch as increased risk of overdose and death and poorer retention in programmes.Previous research has used interview or urine analysis to assess benzodiazepine use.In this study a prescription database was applied.Methods: The Norwegian Prescription Database covers all prescriptions for the entirepopulation from 1 January 2004. Benzodiazepine prescriptions to patients receivingmethadone (N= 1364) or buprenorphine (N= 805) in 2004 and 2005 were studied.Type and amount of drugs received were investigated.Results: Overall 40% of the patients received at least one prescription for abenzodiazepine drug. Oxazepam was the most frequently prescribed drug. Femalepatients, methadone-maintained patients and patients in the liberal programmesreceived a prescription more often. Prescribed doses were high and highest in theliberal programmes. Older patients received more hypnotics. Dose of maintenancedrug was positively related to amount of anxiolytics prescribed.Conclusions: This study showed that more benzodiazepines were prescribed to opioidmaintenance treatment patients than previously shown by investigations usinginterview or urine analysis. The doses prescribed were generally high. In light of thenegative outcomes following benzodiazepine use in these patients, Norwegiandoctors need to review their prescription practices.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2003; 37:458–463Treatment of benzodiazepine dependence inmethadone maintenance treatment patients:a comparison of two therapeutic modalitiesand the role of psychiatric comorbidityTal Weizman, Marc Gelkopf, Yuval Melamed, Miriam Adelson, Avraham Bleich
- Page 1 and 2: Zentrum für Abhängigkeitserkranku
- Page 4 and 5: Geschichte der PsychopharmakaMorphi
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AbstractBackground: Opioid maintained patients report high levels of anxiety, but the use ofbenzodiazepines among these patients has been associated with negative outcomessuch as increased risk of overdose and death and poorer retention in programmes.Previous research has used interview or urine analysis to assess benzodiazepine use.In this study a prescription database was applied.Methods: The Norwegian Prescription Database covers all prescriptions for the entirepopulation from 1 January 2004. Benzodiazepine prescriptions to patients receivingmethadone (N= 1364) or buprenorphine (N= 805) in 2004 and 2005 were studied.Type and amount of drugs received were investigated.Results: Overall 40% of the patients received at least one prescription for abenzodiazepine drug. Oxazepam was the most frequently prescribed drug. Femalepatients, methadone-maintained patients and patients in the liberal programmesreceived a prescription more often. Prescribed doses were high and highest in theliberal programmes. Older patients received more hypnotics. Dose of maintenancedrug was positively related to amount of anxiolytics prescribed.Conclusions: This study showed that more benzodiazepines were prescribed to opioidmaintenance treatment patients than previously shown by investigations usinginterview or urine analysis. The doses prescribed were generally high. In light of thenegative outcomes following benzodiazepine use in these patients, Norwegiandoctors need to review their prescription practices.
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