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Initial benzodiazepine prescribing patterns linked to duration of use in large Ontario cohort study

Nikki Bozinoff ,

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This population-based retrospective cohort study analyzed 1,820,808 adults in Ontario with new benzodiazepine prescriptions from 2013-2020. The research examined the association between initial prescribing patterns (such as duration of the index prescription) and the time to benzodiazepine discontinuation. The study aimed to understand how early prescribing characteristics influence long-term benzodiazepine use patterns.

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This was a retrospective population-based cohort study of 1,820,808 adults in Ontario with incident benzodiazepine prescriptions between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2020, with follow-up to December 31, 2021.

The primary exposure was duration of the index prescription.

Nikki Bozinoff and colleagues investigate the association between initial prescription characteristics and duration of benzodiazepine use.

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In this retrospective cohort study, Nikki Bozinoff and colleagues investigate the association between initial prescription characteristics and duration of benzodiazepine use.

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