Abstract:Davies and colleagues highlight the issue of inappropriate long-term benzodiazepine and Z-drug (BZD) prescribing 1 but their conclusions and recommendations are flawed.First, they suggest that prescribing should be reduced by ensuring adherence to existing guidelines for prescribing and withdrawal, or developing new guidelines where needed.Guidelines have failed to reduce benzodiazepine and Z-drug prescribing: clinicians do not adhere to recommendations to use hypnotics and anxiolytics short term and only afte… Show more
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