Predictors of Incident Benzodiazepine Co-prescription Among Patients Prescribed Long-term Opioids
High baseline opioid dose, buprenorphine initiation, short-term decrease in opioid dose, and anxiety without prescriptions for serotonergic anxiolytics were positively associated with co-prescription. A longer-term decrease in opioid dose and anxiety treated with serotonergic anxiolytics were negatively associated with co-prescription.
Authors
- Shao‐You Fang
- James J. Gasper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7732-1986)
- Iraklis Erik Tseregounis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5320-9444)
- Joshua J. Fenton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0581-835X)
- Alicia Agnoli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8221-9708)
- Stephen G. Henry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5643-0881)
- Susan L. Stewart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1593-440X)
Institutions
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Center For Policy Research (US)
- University of California Davis Medical Center (US)
- UC Davis Health (US)
- UC Davis Children's Hospital (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Published
- 2025-07-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-025-09712-2
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- National Institute on Drug Abuse