Long-term benzodiazepine use and risk of labor market marginalization in Finland: A cohort study with 5-year follow-up.

Heidi Taipale Antti TanskanenTerhi KurkoTero TaiminenHanna Särkilä Jari Tiihonen Reijo Sund Solja Niemelä Leena K SaastamoinenJarmo Hietala

Published in: European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists (2024)

These results indicate that long-term use of BZDRs is associated with increased risk of dropping out from labor market. This may be partly explained by cognitive adverse effects of prolonged BZDR use, which should be taken into account when prescribing BZDRs.

Keyphrases

health insurance
primary care
adverse drug