All-cause mortality with current and past use of antidepressants or benzodiazepines after major osteoporotic and hip fracture.
Irma J A de BruinC KlopC E WyersJ A OverbeekP P M M GeusensJ P W van den BerghJ H M DriessenF de VriesPublished in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2019)
There is a considerable increase in dispensing rate of antidepressants and benzodiazepines in the first year after a MOF. Recent and past use of these medications was associated with all-cause mortality. The finding that current use was not associated with mortality should be further explored and may probably be explained by the healthy survivor's bias.