Concurrent benzodiazepine use in older adults treated with antidepressants in Asia.

Xiao-Mei ZhongFei WangQinge ZhangGabor S UngvariChee H NgHelen F K ChiuTian-Mei SiKang SimAjit AvasthiSandeep GroverMian-Yoon ChongKok-Yoon CheeShigenobu KanbaMin-Soo LeeShu-Yu YangPichet UdomratnRoy A KallivayalilAndi J TanraMargarita M MaramisWinston W ShenNorman SartoriusRathi MahendranChay-Hoon TanNaotaka ShinfukuYu-Tao Xiang

Published in: International psychogeriatrics (2017)

Nearly, half of the older adults treated with antidepressants in Asia are prescribed concurrent benzodiazepines. Given the potentially adverse effects of benzodiazepines, the rationale of benzodiazepines and antidepressants co-prescription needs to be revisited.

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