Prescribing of Z-Drugs With and Without Opioid Coprescribing to Primary Care Patients in a Large Health Care System From 2019-2020.
Anand A, Weleff J, Thompson N, Barnett B. Prescribing of Z-Drugs With and Without Opioid Coprescribing to Primary Care Patients in a Large Health Care System From 2019-2020. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2023, 84 PMID: 37707315, DOI: 10.4088/jcp.22m14753.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsZ-drug prescribingDiagnosis of opioid use disorderZ-drug prescriptionsOpioid use disorderZ-drugsHealth care systemPrimary care clinicsWhite raceUse disorderCare systemAssociated with increasing ageCare clinicsOlder ageStudy periodDiagnosis of bipolar disorderCross-sectional studyPrimary care patientsLarger health care systemAdult patientsPatient populationOpioidGeneralized anxiety disorderPatientsBipolar disorderPost-lockdown